Feel free to post off-topic comments, do a little Facebooking, point toward interesting news items. Feel free to do that in the Monday LTE thread, too. But to separate things:
The continuing debt pushing-and-shoving
I received a tweet from Jamie Dupree that reported that President Obama rejected a bipartisan deal for a short-term debt limit increase. The deal was struck yesterday by Boehner, Reid, and McConnell. Reid took it to the WH, whereupon the President rejected it. The details here are unimportant. My question is: when the House, Senate, and Administration all agree on a deal, will that be described as "tripartisan"?
Dupree also reports that Rep Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) opened the House session today by remarking, "We begin another week in Political Wonderland."
Why are the democrats complaining or even concerned i.e. the debt ceiling or deficit spending since they have not produced a budget for some 800+ days and their spending has been out the roof since obtaining office in Jan 2009!
ReplyDeleteHi Rob!
ReplyDeleteIt's back and forth: both parties are blaming each other for obstructionism. There are very few angels in this fight. After the Deficit Reduction Commission and the Gang of Six, the angel population thins quickly.
Hi stab, I'm not so sure I would put the Gang of Six in the angel category.
ReplyDeleteThey made a reasonable, pragmatic proposal. Considering the intransigence in the discussion, I'll give them a few angel's points, if not a fully shined halo :)
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