(Updated) NY Times: "This Old Republican" (cartoon)

UPDATE: Or to put the situation more succinctly, the headline and picture this morning @ The Huffington Post:

'IT'S ALL CUTS'---"Deal Would Slash Trillions, Create Super Congress.. No Unemployment Benefits Extension.. Paul Krugman: The President Surrenders"

(CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE).

Brian McFadden, "The Strip" (New York Times).