 political chicken as usual the democrats say we have to increase the debt ceiling and raise taxes to reduce the deficit and it appears the republicans may be willing to ldquo compromise rdquo the problem is a bloated federal bureaucracy that needs to slash its uncontrolled spending habits when will the congressional republicans realize now is the time to hold the ldquo tax and spend rdquo democrat rsquo s feet to the fire and demand governmental reforms  for an articles on the issue from wwwthestatecolumncom and wwwfixnewscom click on the following story links  http wwwthestatecolumncom articles repmichelebachmanntorepublica http wwwfoxnewscom politics 20110710 tensionsflareaheadwhiteho 19  political chicken  