There is a great deal to criticize in the offer the Super Congress Democrats made as their baseline position. Namely that their baseline position is further to the right than the various other deficit commission plans we've seen so far. But it does have this going for it. It's not as bad as the Super Congress Republicans' plan.

That's a comparison between the two offerings in terms of near term spending and/or tax cuts to try to give some economic stimulus.

The GOP plan contained about $2.2 trillion in cuts — well over the $1.2 trillion minimum required of the Super Committee by the debt limit law. That left the Republicans ample room to include many kinds of near-term growth measures, but they picked none.

Because, of course, the Republicans don't want any near-term stimulus. They want to keep the House and take back the Senate and White House in 2012 and need the economy to be shitty. Given their approval ratings these days, that's their only hope.