So Much for Bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility

I had high hopes for the proposed Conrad-Gregg deficit task force. But buried in the press release is this tidbit:

Importantly, the task force would ensure a bipartisan outcome. Broad bipartisan agreement would be required to move anything forward. Fourteen of the 18 Task Force members would have to agree to report the recommendations. And final passage would require supermajorities in both the Senate and House.

In other words, any proposal would require 78% support in the committee itself and then 67% support in both the House and the Senate. Even a Congressional bake sale would have zero chance of passage under these standards.

It would have been less insulting to have simply dropped the idea entirely.