Shh, don't tell the Repubs, but Obama and Democrats poll numbers are soaring!

[BlueStreak]

9. It does seem like the 2014 campaign has started, and that is smart

Obama has laid out a very nice plan that is achievable and consistent with what he campaigned on. The GOP hasn't moved an inch. Even with Boehner's "offer" today, they still haven't given any specifics.

The best play is probably to let everything lapse, hit the road making sure everybody knows why their taxes are going up. In January, if the GOP still doesn't want to play on the big solutions, then Obama should do a limited deal that gives TEMPORARY cuts to the middle class only, gets some stimulus spending and not much else. From there, we head toward 2014.

If the GOP doesn't like the sequester on the Pentagon (which really is of hardly any consequence,) then there is room for a deal that also includes shoring up Medicare and the Education budgets.