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Just a quick note: Every pundit who laments the fact that President Obama didn’t “do more” to get some kind of budget agreement through the supercommittee should be required to:

Explain exactly what Obama should have done.
Explain whether they think Republicans would ever, under any circumstances, have accepted a deal with a net tax increase.
If yes, provide details.
If no, explain why their hypothetical deal is any better, or more politically feasible, than the default trigger deal.

That’s not so much to ask, is it? I should warn everyone ahead of time, though, that I mainly want answers to these questions so that I can laugh at you.