Defense Cuts Are the Circuit Breaker, Right?

In 2011, when they made this final deal on this horrible final weekend before the country defaulted for the first time, the deal was that it created a so-called super committee in the House. Democrats thought that was their fail-safe, because Republicans in the end would never allow the defense spending cuts to go into effect. Now betting that defense cuts are the circuit breaker, they keep Republicans from demanding other cuts is probably a misguided hope for Democrats.