https://redstate.com/streiff/2011/08/02/reflections-on-the-deficit-deal/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 00:43:51 -0400<![CDATA[I don&#8217;t make claims to prescience and have no idea what the final product of the current debt ceiling negotiations will produce. I&#8217;m guessing it will not be as good as the boosters claim and not as bad as the partisans on both sides suggest. Make no mistake about it, the debate and deal were of historic import. This is the first time that an increase in the debt ceiling has ever been seriously debated.]]>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 14:00:24 -0400<![CDATA[streiff]]>https://redstate.com/streiff/2011/08/02/reflections-on-the-deficit-deal-n39916