Stealing a page from the Kasich/Scrooge Plan for World Domination Through Over-Reaching Avarice and Greed. Boehner caves and agrees to both the two month and extended payroll tax break. The AP calls it
Their isolation complete, House Republicans on Thursday caved to demands by President Barack Obama, congressional Democrats and fellow Republicans for a short-term renewal of payroll tax cuts for all workers.
AH, but we KNOW the corporatist greedoids will never just admit that they got their asses kicked. So, how will they spin this? Well, if you can see the URL for this story, you have your answer:
"give-US-workers-employers-financial-certainty"
Somehow, this move was to help BUSINESS by making life easier for their payroll departments.
Yeah, right. And I'm expecting Santa Claus to drop down my chimney any day now..(Oh, wait, we don't have one...)
Of course, Boehner DID admit that:
“may not have been politically the smartest thing in the world,”
Yuh think?
Look, we've learned how to deal with these grasping tyrants in Ohio (think: Issue Two). And how NOT to deal with them (feckless collapse on gerrymandering). Sometimes "compromise" and negotiation are just appeasement and NOT the answer. Too far, is too far. When the forces of evil cross that line, there comes a time when Democrats must stand their ground, fight back and NOT give in.
Perhaps Shakespeare described our times the best in Henry V:
"Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more..."