football away from Charlie Brown over and over. I have no illusions that the influence of money is restricted to the gop. Many big money folks have invested heavily in democrats - they weren't born yesterday (a few big gop donors aside). I understand that they think of the so-called entitlements (read: earned benefits) as the Amazon River of money that they want a piece of desperately. I am all too aware that BHO appointed the cat food commission to solve this terrible deficit emergency that isn't an emergency, except that it is defined so by the right. I am not optimistic, and I will be pleasantly surprised if the negotiations begin from a position of strength. if the President would hold townhalls when he hits the road to gin up public support. Let him answer some of the tough questions about entitlement cuts instead of just highlighting his easy political position of raising taxes on the wealthy. A repeat of 2010 is not impossible. All we need is a repeat of '09-'10. It's time for the President to use the bully pulpit, rally the public, aim high and settle for nothing short of a solid victory. Purging predominantly minority voters and requiring them to present IDs to vote in the face of VIRTUALLY NON-EXISTENT VOTER FRAUD is RACISM! I hereby declare all consenting Republicans RACISTS until they stand up and object to these practices! what happens to the debt ceiling and unemployment extensions? Do we lose on those if