hypercrites

Not for the top tier, they're not.

You're correct. Obama and his ilk were successful at playing the envy card and were able to convince the majority that it is morally right to force an unpopular minority to carry even more of the load than they already do.  Only a shallow thinking electorate would consider this fair.  Me, I think the fair thing is when laws (taxes) are applied to everyone equally.

I also note with amusement that the stock market likes the deal that the allegedly "pro-business" party whined about being bullied into.

The stock market is said to be forward looking but IMO they aren't looking very far.

I note with further amusement that the reason the right caved is that they were convinced that it's better to quit whining about this deal and "keep the powder dry" for the upcoming fight over the debt ceiling, when the only thing shutting down the government over that was always a net loss for the GOP in mid term elections.

The reality is that politicians win by doing the kind of things that appeal to an uninformed electorate.  If you have one guy telling voters that they can eat all the cake and ice cream that they want and not get fat and another telling them the truth, people will take the cake an ice cream guy -- this is the age of Obama you know.

And add to that the debacle over the Sandy Relief bill--Cristy is now running for re-election by running against his own party.  The GOP definitely has a death wish.

Governor Christy should be voted "most likely to switch parties."  The hurricane Sandy relief bill was totally mislabeled.  It should have been named "Pork-a-Palooza."  The hurricane relief money was but a fraction of the total designed so the bill would go through congress like a greased pig.

Here's Rand Paul with the truth: