 republicans blink  if republicans expect to make any changes in washington they need to start using a different playbook what is happening isn rsquo t a game ndash it rsquo s a fight for the survival of our country they had the perfect opportunity to make ldquo real rdquo cuts instead of compromising with a president and opposing party that don rsquo t care about fiscal responsibility with the us debt limit expecting to be reached on may 16 now would have been the perfect time to hammer the message home that we can rsquo t continue down the road we are going it isn rsquo t about the next election and getting another term in office it rsquo s about fixing our country the sad truth is they have lost that opportunity by agreeing to a watered down version of the original cuts and the elimination of the riders from their original proposal i don rsquo t think a 23 reduction in a debt of 1400000000000 is what i would call substantive cuts for an article by rachelle younglai from wwwnewsdailycom  on the debt ceiling and budget cuts click on the following story link titled ldquo  geithner warns us to hit debt ceiling by may 16  rdquo   republicans blink  