It is funny how people who are accustomed to controlling the political debate and influencing the mood of the people never understand when that ability has been ripped from them. In the debt ceiling debate going on right now, the left leaning news media – along with the rest of the Political Industrial Complex – have decided to try and ignore the fact that the nation does not want any more business as usual. As Ed Morrissey noted today, CNN buried a key poll number that indicates the people are lined up with the Libertarian/Tea Party members of the GOP House more than any other faction in the debate:

One has to go thirteen paragraphs into the story to find CNN addressing this at all:

Republicans like the “cut, cap, and balance” approach to the debt ceiling, as do Democrats and independents. Most Americans support a balanced budget amendment, and most, but not as many, think an amendment is necessary to get federal spending under control. A balanced budget amendment passed the House earlier this week, but a vote in the Senate is expected to fail.

Er, yeah. In other words, a consensus exists across all political lines that the CCB/BBA approach would be a good idea. When one scrolls down to the crosstab sections of the raw data, the consensus becomes very, very clear. The CCB/BBA approach wins majorities in every single demographic — including self-described liberals. Sixty-three percent of Democrats back the House bill. The least supportive age demographic is 50-64YOs at 62/37; the least supportive regional demographic is the Midwest at 61/39. Even those who express opposition to the Tea Party supports it 53/47.

So, did CNN make a difference in the momentum of the debate or the mood of the country by burying this little detail? Will the House GOP crumble if they don’t know America is four square behind them? In this modern era of the internet and blogs, did CNN succeed in keeping this little polling gem hidden from the public eye?

No, no and hell no.

This little game of trying to hide the truth is not working any more. The depth of denial on the left inside the Political Industrial Complex has reached a truly disturbing level. When leaders decide to ignore the will of the people to this level, they tend to get their heads handed to them by the voters (e.g., 2010 elections). So while the Dems and liberal media pretend they live in a different world, it will not change the direction this country is heading. All the threats from Obama and Senate Dems and the media about a price to pay for pushing a limited debt ceiling hike with real, near term cuts and no new taxes are all empty. These claims are so empty that it is they who are paying a price in terms of burning up political capitol – not to mention burning through the patience of the American voter.

This is how America really feels about the debt ceiling and the fools hanging onto those loser ways of trying to pass nothing of substance under the cover of fancy sounding (but contrary) words.

In other words, the pathetically empty proposals being tossed out in lieu of the House approach are so bad they are not stopping the momentum of the small government forces, they are adding fuel to the fire because it seems the dolts in DC just do not get it yet. We don’t need anymore growth in the federal government. Mark Steyn phrased it PERFECTLY in his column yesterday:

The pathetic spectacle of grown men and women sitting around in meetings trying to agree on “grand bargains” to save $43.7 bazillion in federal spending by 2023 before an allegedly looming deadline of August 2nd is almost too perfect a snapshot of Washington stupidity.

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Here’s a newspaper headline from a yellowing cutting I found up in the attic:

U.S. Budget Deficit Hits Record $438 Billion For Year

Boy, those were the days! Flappers in rumble seats, wind-up victrolas, and deficits you could measure in billions. A more innocent age, lost in the mists of time. Gosh, you’d have to be pushing, oh, twelve even to remember it.

$438 billion was the record-breaking federal deficit in 2008. That’s all of three years ago. In 2011, it’s getting on four times as big.

Stunning, isn’t it? The fact is Obama and Reid (and Pelosi) got all the new spending they are going to get. They blew their chances and have been cut off from the piggy bank – by the owners of the bank.

Everyone agrees the Dems already got their spending and tax hikes – and they went too far. 2010 was about cutting back on that madness. So the Debt Ceiling debate is the first test to see if DC gets it.

CNN does not get it – clearly. The White House will never get it – that is beyond their grasp. The key really now is the Senate.

But the fact is, we will pass the pretend August 2nd date and Obama may attempt to violate his oath and the law of the land and punish segments of the public by withholding payments. I got news for him and the left – don’t even pretend to play that game. As has been noted many times there is $200 billion a month coming in – plenty to cover OBLIGATIONS! But discretionary spending, new starts, trains to/from nowhere – all are legally able to be delayed if the money is not there.

It is against the law to not meet one’s commitments if there are options available in front of them. Is Obama ignorant and reckless enough to go after Social Security payments or Military Pay? Only if he wants a fast track to congressional investigations. And trust me, the people would be behind it 100%. There are rules, and the fact the dems have not been forced to work within them recently does not mean they do not exist, or violating them is not serious. We are going to have to go without a debt ceiling fix on August 2nd unless Obama and the Dems realize they had their spending spree and it is now OVER!