From Allahpundit - seems that it is part of a strategery to get TEA Partiers happy with a looming budget deal which only cuts a piddling $33 billion from this year’s budget:
…Before you throw up your hands and decide that it’s third-party time, though, here’s a bit of breaking news from The Hill: “Senate Republicans will finally unveil their balanced budget amendment tomorrow, this time with leadership (I.e., McConnell) on board.” That’s the way they’re going to sell this to Republican voters, I guess — by accepting a deal on this year’s budget and then going nuclear on the next, replete with entitlement reform and a BBA…
I’d prefer we stand firm and allow the government to shut down – Obama is becoming ever more irrelevant in the political debates and it would be great to pick a fight in public with the likes of Reid and Schumer…the more those two are on camera, the better things get for us. But, it looks like the GOP leadership doesn’t want that fight…foolish fears of a repeat of 1995 die hard, I guess. But, it is good that someone thought to link a balanced budget amendment with a bit of a climb down on immediate spending cuts. That is a great issue to carry in to 2012…one which does nothing but win for us each time it is brought up.
