Andrew Sprung applauds Obama's vow to enforce the spending cut trigger. He ponders the president's next move:
[I]f Republicans hold the Norquist Line on taxes, will Obama let all the Bush tax cuts expire? And if Republicans deal, will Obama hold out for an adequate amount of new revenue — say, the $1.5 trillion over ten years outlined in his September plan — or settle for the measly $800 billion he was headed for in the busted deal with Boehner, or worse? After listening to Obama last night, I'm more sanguine than I've been for a long time. He sprang a masterful trap on multiple levels. Maybe he really is playing multidimensional chess.
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