That's what weak Leadership will do for you--they smell blood in the water--thanks johnny and your same-sex senator mitch

Democrats plan to capitalize on Republicans' poor handling of the recent fiscal showdown, parlaying it into another legislative victory.

Emboldened Senate Democratic leaders are planning to go on offense on raising taxes.

Democrats are planning to capitalize on the Republican Party’s poor handling of the recent fiscal showdown by parlaying it into another legislative victory.

Congressional Democrats want Republicans to sign off on $50 billion worth of tax increases to eliminate the sequester’s automatic spending cuts. The next phase of these cuts will take effect Jan. 15, when government funding will drop from $986 billion to $967 billion.

“There’s a lot of pressure on both sides, especially Republicans, after what they did to the country by following the Tea Party agenda, to show they are willing to come to the table and compromise,” said a Democratic aide.

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Is it still called "going on offense" when the "opposing" team doesn't even show up?

[read this in a whiny loser's voice]

Oh no, this isn't fair...

When are they going to let us win???