Pat Garofalo offers this chart showing the Democrats have already met Republicans more than half way on spending cuts:

budget_negotiations-0408.png

Mostly a reminder that Democrats are constantly begging to be allowed to surrender to Republicans who won’t allow themselves to declare victory.

Adam Serwer is a writing fellow at The American Prospect and a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He also blogs at Jack and Jill Politics and has written for The Village Voice, The Washington Post, The Root, and the Daily News. Follow @adamserwer