False Equivalence

Milbank:

But liberal lawmakers are convinced that Obama gave away everything — big spending cuts, probably including Medicare, without any tax increases — all because of a few dozen tea party House members who, defying even House GOP leaders, were perfectly willing to see the government default. In essence, the progressives had been out-crazied by ideologues on the other side — and that drove them mad.

On the one hand, GOP Mad Bombers extort draconian spending cuts from Dems by threatening to blow up the economy; on the other hand, crazy loser Progressives are mad. See how it all evens out inside the bubble?