Even tougher may be to get Republicans to give up those popular deductions and carve-outs that many in the middle class and Chamber of Commerce have come to regard as rights.
Market participants should keep in mind that since it is going to take some horrendous economic data (yes, it can geteven worse) to convince Captain Bernanke to fire up the engines, that very data may spook the markets, so it is probably overly optimistic to expect things to run on cruise control for the next few months.