Have you paid attention to what's going on at all? Republicans are rejecting a plan that's significantly to the right of their initial demands. And they're currently pushing for a bill that reduces the deficit less than the democrats' plan, with the twist that the limit has to be reauthorized multiple times before the next election. Just to insure that congress doesn't accomplish anything and the markets are uncertain going into election 2012.

Splitting the difference is a major problem here. The Republicans are incentivized to be as crazy as possible because attitudes like yours, and most editorial boards will just split the difference assuming 2 valid points of view. So the crazier you are, the further the split will be in your direction.