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At the eleventh hour, Republican and Democratic negotiators reached a budget agreement and the government shutdown was averted.
Still, both Republicans and Democrats are girding for the next wars: the vote to raise the debt ceiling that'll come this spring and could lead to the first federal default in American history if the tea party prevents it from being raised. ... And then there is next year's budget where the House Republicans are already pushing the plan developed by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who would cut some $6 trillion from the federal government over the next decade and voucherize Medicare. What's past really is prologue.
Historians call the beginning of World War II "The Phony War." After the Nazis invaded Poland in September of 1939, Great Britain and her allies declared war on Germany. But their armies didn't really clash until May 1940. Churchill called it "The Twilight War" while the Germans punnily called the it the "Sitzkrieg," a lackadaisical Blitzkrieg.
What we've just seen is a phony war in Washington, a quibble over a few billion that presages the fight over trillions.
