politically for the republicans if they caved on this. look where this started. it started in august 2011 when boehner made a deal with the president. the deal was we ll let you borrow $2.4 trillion more if you let us have some spending cuts. obama says i will gladly increase the debt now for some spending cuts tomorrow. as of this day, wimpy hasn t cut spending. susan, downed what the end game is? the white house had had a good message. i don t understand why they ve gotten to this i m trying to think of a non-vulgar way to say this but this dispute about whose idea was it. as you say, who cares. but now by denying that it was their idea the president tried to pin the blame on congress during the campaign, it made people in congress upset. the reality is, both sides are accountable. budget control act was signed, people voted for it. let abhonest, people voted for it thinking it is like buying a