"American people held hostage in effort to blackmail the President": this is the impression that I came away with after reading this opinion in the Washington Post. While not known for being particularly non-partisan, the language and out-of-context quoting used was surprising to me. The opinion victimizes poor children and pregnant women as the bearers of the brunt of the Republic party's aggression, cast aside carelessly in favor of tourists attractions.
Mr. Milbank plots the net position of the Republican party in a particular way - pro troops, veterans and "tourist attractions" and anti poor children, pregnant women and business regulation and tax collection. These are the "lifeboat" issues that the Republicans want to save. Milbank suggests that they "need a bigger lifeboat", that is, in order to pass a budget Republicans need to build a wider ideological base into their budget. At the moment, it is too conservatively focused and will not garner enough momentum even within the Republican party itself. The ideological distribution of the House is not condusive to the competing budget positions.
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