Pragmatically speaking; even as the Tea Party have a valid point, creating deadlock could make things worse. In the end it is Obama's problem if reelected and all the finger pointing in the world won't do him one bit of good. Ultimately he will be forced to lead and find a way to negotiate........
Well, the deficit has gone down slightly each year since Obama's first year (which, we apparently need to keep reminded some people, was Bush's last budget). And, as has been posted here before, government employment has gone down during Obama's term (see graphic below), and barring another recession, it should keep going down if Obama has a second term. But you can't negotiate with people who won't negotiate and who have been given minority rights in the Senate which allows them to stymie all but very large supermajorities--and supermajorities are nearly impossible to get. You can talk all you want about "leadership," but sometimes people simply can't be led. And in our polarized state, I am sad to say, that is the case today.
One thing we can be pretty sure of, though--If Romney-Ryan get into office with a Republican Congress, all bets are off. They will enact their tax cuts almost for sure, and will explode the deficit just as Reagan's tax cuts did and Bush 43's tax cuts did.
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