Future medicare cuts are not enough. The Tea Party "leaders" want immediate medicare cuts, and half of the discretionary budget.
If Ryan and Boehner can't get that done, they will face opponents in the primaries. God Bless them. With the 2012 elections coming up, in which more than just the die-hards vote, the TP is radicalizing the GOP. Maybe it's the GOP's turn to take a shellacking.
Regards,
D-Ray