We now have the 12 members of the Super Commission that is charged with finding about $1.5 Trillion in savings by Thanksgiving. However, the Leaders of the Senate and the House seem to already have written this off. Instead of appointing some folks from the Simpson-Bowles Commission that Obama Ignored, or the Gang of Six that was sabotaged at the last minute, we have all new people.
I'm not sure if it was Simpson or T Boone Pickens who over the weekend said to look at who is appointed. He said that if none of the Gang of 6 was appointed then we would know that they just weren't serious. And looking at Pelosi's appointments in particular this really stands our.
So expect the Trigger of $1.2 T to have to be used and let's ratchet up the conversation of insisting on a final Budget for 2012 by the end of the year. The House Republicans have put a detailed budget on the table but as usual - in keeping with his style of "Leading from Behind" Obama and his Democratic Controlled Senate have offered ZIP!
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