Dems Think They're About to Get Played by Obama....Again

It's tough being a House Democrat these days.  They lost their majority thanks to following the president's lead on Obamacare and other issues, and now he's about to mess them up again:

House Democrats are once again afraid they’re about to get sold out by a president from their own party.

As bipartisan debt limit negotiations between congressional leaders and the White House rev up, a number of Democrats are worried that President Barack Obama will agree to a deal with the GOP that cuts federal spending too deep, undermines the social safety net, slashes entitlement programs and does not include a single dime in tax increases.

These Democrats, mainly progressives and liberals, fear the White House will be too quick to give in to an ideologically rigid group of tea-party-driven Republicans who won’t even consider Democratic proposals to close certain tax loopholes or cut off certain tax credits to raise more revenue. Democrats are scheduled to meet with Obama at the White House on Thursday.

Some liberals, such as Reps. Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Jim McDermott of Washington, said it’s “irrational” to link spending cuts to the debt ceiling debate.

McDermott and Ellison are the irrational ones. Pretty much always have been.  There's no better time to deal with the spending problems then right now, when the excessive spending is leading to so much debt.