But the collapse of the debt negotiations hands him the chance to be against something: serious cuts to welfare spending.
There are going to be serious cuts whether anyone likes then or not.
One more serious cut in our American market, and I don't know what we'll do.
Florida is one of 34 states that have made serious cuts in public health insurance programs for low-income people over the past two years.
It also does not cover agencies with serious cuts in the next financial year.
Falling to the ground, he sustained a serious cut to the head and later died from loss of blood.
A more serious cut would produce a greater volume of blood, thus causing multiple deposits.
But it wasn't a serious cut, just enough to leak some blood.
The problem now is that people can't defend raising taxes until they make serious cuts.
This election is a serious cut, which will delegitimize him.