Dems demanding a huge $2.4 Trillion hike in ceiling, won't vote for anything less

I'm seeing the MSM/Dem talking points starting to settle on two claims:

1. Democrats are the party of compromise, bi-partisanship, cooperation, reason. Thus if a shutdown is threatened, it will be the Republicans' fault.

2. The most important thing to Democrats is that any deal to raise the so-called debt "ceiling" has to raise it by a whopping $2.4 Trillion, which will prevent the issue from having to be debated again before the 2012 elections.

You may have heard that the Dems main goal was to "raise taxes on the rich," which they implied--but carefully didn't state--would go a long way toward solving the deficit. When this was later shown to be crap, they did a neat pivot to goal #2 above.

Here's some strong evidence:

[Today] House Democratic Caucus chairman John Larson (D-Conn.) said Democrats would not accept a short-term increase in the debt ceiling, even if their demand for higher taxes is met.

“I think that the dark cloud of uncertainty with the debt ceiling still hanging over everyone’s head, what our caucus is adamantly clear on, and what we’re recommending to the President — if...a short-term deal goes to the President’s desk, he has said he’ll veto that.”

Earlier, Larson called on President Obama to veto any short-term increase in the debt ceiling.

Wait, didn't the NY Times tell us that the Dems are--how did Paul Krugman put it-- oh yeah, "bending over backward to be accommodating — offering plans that are all spending cuts and no taxes, plans that are far to the right of public opinion."

Ah, no. Instead, now their position is: 'even if Republicans concede to our demand for higher taxes, we won't vote for any deal that doesn't give us the full $2.4 Trillion hike needed to keep us from getting shellacked with this issue again next year.'

Clearly this is simply a new, "nuanced" definition of "accommodating" that you morons in flyover country aren't sophisticated enough to know yet. So there.

Lying.
Scheming.
Bastards.