The Deficit is Only an Abstraction to the Majority Leader of the Senate

Harry Reid, who has spent the last couple of weeks trying to embrace the current deficit by proposing to "freeze" spending at current (inflated) levels commented yesterday "It is time to drop the threats and ultimatums, and work together on a path forward," the Nevada Democrat said in a statement. "I am asking Speaker Boehner to simply take the threat of a government shutdown off the table, and work with us to negotiate a responsible, long-term solution.”    I realize that the Administration can take all the usual steps (like making the most visible shutdowns first) but I suspect in a state where foreclosure has become the common house sale and where economic growth is a projection that Nevada's voters would choose to shut it down.