Why the Supercommittee Flopped
Not so super after all: Staffers on the congressional
“supercommittee” spent their final discussions Sunday not hammering out a
debt-reduction deal, but rather debating how best to publicly admit
their failure to reach an agreement on cutting the deficit. The Daily
Beast’s Patricia Murphy on why the panel was destined to fail in the
first place—the idea that legislators hand-picked by their party's
leadership could rise above partisanship was nearly impossible to
imagine from the start—and the glimmers of hope for a path forward.
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