"At a Republican presidential debate in 2011, all eight candidates on the stage said they would reject a budget deal that raised taxes even if it had $10 of spending cuts for every dollar of tax increases." http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dana-milbank-obamas-intransigent-backbench/2013/04/09/8d2c0b8a-a153-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html?wpisrc=nl_opinions
