Just Shoot Me

Obama will actually embrace Bowles-Simpson. He would do better by embracing lepers. Doesn't Obama realize, appeasement never works?:

President Obama will reportedly embrace these recommendations as a good starting point for negotiating a long-term budget for the nation -- and he has the tacit backing of the Democrats' top budget guy in the House, Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).

"I think that the Bowles-Simpson blueprint provides enough running room for the President," Van Hollen said in response to a question from TPM at a budget presentation Tuesday at the Center for American Progress.