https://redstate.com/erick/2011/06/23/eric-cantor-pulls-out-so-does-jon-kyl/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 00:37:28 -0400<![CDATA[Eric Cantor (R-VA) decided to pull out of talks with Joe Biden on what to do about the debt. He placed the problem in President Obama&#8217;s and Speaker&#8217;s Boehner&#8217;s laps saying there were issues relating to taxes that only they could resolve.Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ), a man well known on Capitol Hill to negotiate defeat from the jaws of victory, decided he would pull out as well.Getting Kyl out of these talks is actually a good thing because Kyl&#8217;s negotiating skills leave much to be desired.In any event, the media is breathlessly reporting this and making a big to do about taxes and tax increases being the big sticking point.Maybe it&#8217;s just me, but it seems to me that the big news should be that Democrats and Republicans think $2 trillion in cuts over the next ten years is a serious deal. Meanwhile the debt will keep going up.This is the same problem we see with the Gang of 5 or 6 in the Senate. Recently, Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) and Mark Warner (D-VA) proudly proclaimed they were on the cusp of a deal that would raise tax revenue by $1.00 for every $3.00 in spending cuts. But the nugget everyone seems to ignore is this one:]]>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 12:01:50 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/06/23/eric-cantor-pulls-out-so-does-jon-kyl-n39461