Pictured above are Representative (and Presidential candidate) Michelle Bachmann, Senator Jim DeMint and Representative Jim Jordan. They are the "adults in the room" in the ongoing debt ceiling debate. They understand that we cannot keep kicking the can down the road on our national debt - which is the result of "entitlements" out of control and continued outrageous deficit spending. The President's water carriers in the so-called main stream media would have you believe that he, who proposed a 2012 budget that actually increased spending and was voted down in the Senate by a 97-0 vote (yes, that's correct), is the adult in the room because he mentioned $4 trillion in cuts in exchange for raising the debt ceiling. He hasn't actually put any real cuts on the table, mind you. And he never will. On the other hand, our three heroes for the day (above) are demonized as the extremists in the house because they see the country headed for a fiscal cliff and are trying to do something about it. "Cut, cap and balance" is the name of a proposal that just passed vote in the House, but was shot down by the Senate on a party line vote. A recent CNN poll shows that over 60 percent of adults in the country supports this proposal - probably even higher if you just count likely voters. So, which party is playing politics with this crisis? This article by Robert Costa and Andrew Stiles lays it all out pretty well. Take a moment away from Food Network and check it out!
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