Pulitzer Prize Winning Washington Post Columnist Calls Budget Cuts Painful

Pulitzer price winning columnist Eugene Robinson has some harsh words:

Far-right Republicans are winning the budget wars because they understand something that nobody else in Washington seems to grasp: The old truism about politics being the art of the possible is no longer true.

There’s no question who won last week’s showdown. The outcome — nearly $40 billion in painful cuts — goes well beyond the GOP’s initial demands. That Democrats were able to save a few pet programs is something but not much. You really don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind is blowing.

A cut of 1% of the budget unleashes this kind of invective. If Eugene Robinson can win a Pulitzer for this kind of analysis: pretty much anyone can.