The country may have dodged a bullet as a result of the Republicans' unwavering intransigence on the debt ceiling. Democrats, after all, appeared ready to bend over backward to give them most of what they wanted – a series of incredibly painful spending cuts, perhaps including Medicare “reforms” -- in the middle of a gruelingly inadequate “recovery.” Sources told the Washington Post 's Ezra Klein that Obama's decision to publicly call out the GOP was a sign that the deal was well