Why Should We Put Any Trust in the Republican Budget Demands?

If Democrats could just repeat over and over this Martin Bashir commentary, especially what he says at the end of the video here, we would have swayed many independent voters before the 2010 elections. In fact, this should be standard talking point material repeat incessantly by every Democrats for the next decade or two. Jonathan Alter makes a brief comment as well, but it's Martin Bashir's tone that is energizing.