Is Boehner Trying to Snatch Defeat From the Jaws of Victory?

Erick Erickson is hearing bad things about the debt ceiling deal currently in negotiations:

A House Republican who is in leadership called me tonight. He said what we are hearing about — the two tier plan — is “sh*t” and he’s blaming Boehner. He agrees that Boehner is getting nervous and wants a deal.

But this two tier plan seems to be the Republicans’ initial offer. Harry Reid is headed that way. Many Democrats want more.

So keep in mind for purposes of negotiations, House Republican leadership members are already referring to the starting point as “sh*t” and it will only get worse from here.

One of the ways they’ll claim they are cutting $1 trillion is by pretending the Iraq and Afghan wars no longer exist. They’ll also do another deficit commission.

There have been 17 such deficit commissions in the past 13 years. The net result? Taxes have gone up with just about each one and spending has never actually been reduced. We’ve gone from $5 trillion in national debt to $14 trillion.

This is not good. The GOP has Obama and the Dems right where they want them, but getting nervous now is not a sign of leadership. The GOP can get what they want out of this deal, but they have to be willing to wait Obama out. In other words, don't settle because I guarantee you the conservative voters aren't going to put up with it.