Debt Ceiling Deal Has Lefties Fuming

They're not the only ones mad, but right now they're the loudest:

President Barack Obama’s rightward lurch to reach a $3 trillion deficit reduction deal with no guarantee of additional revenues had liberals fuming and Republicans all but declaring victory Sunday afternoon.

With time running out to reach an agreement to raise the debt ceiling before Tuesday’s default deadline, Obama moved dramatically in the direction of the GOP, according to Senators and aides in both parties.

As details trickled out Sunday, the deal framework appeared to give Republicans most of what they were seeking — with about $3 trillion in guaranteed spending cuts but no tax increases....

Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said early reports of the new deal appeared to be “a sugar-coated Satan sandwich.” The Missouri Democrat said the CBC hadn’t yet made a formal declaration that the group would oppose it, “but this is a shady bill.”

“This deal trades people’s livelihoods for the votes of a few unappeasable right-wing radicals, and I will not support it,” ripped Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, before House Democrats had even been briefed. “The lesson today is that Republicans can hold their breath long enough to get what they want.”

"Progressive" is such an oxymoron when it comes to liberals.

I understand there are a lot of Tea Party congressmen who are equally unhappy because this bill does nothing to solve the underlying problem - out of control spending. It also paves the way for this mysterious "debt commission" that will undoubtedly include six liberal congressmen who will be pushing for tax hikes. Those six, combined with only one wishy-washy Republican, can really screw things up.

Unfortunately, this whole thing is probably centrist enough to get enough votes to pass, which means in the long run conservatives will likely lose.