Holy Diver

Senate GOP mulls new debt strategy - David Rogers and Scott Wong - POLITICO.com

In effect lawmakers would be surrendering the very power of approval that the GOP has used to force the debt crisis now. But by taking the disapproval route, Republicans can shift the onus more onto the White House and Democrats since a two-thirds majority will be needed to stop any increase that President Barack Obama requests.



Translation: We, the GOP, only want to give voter the illusion that we are aginst the debt.


Result: The base for the GOP is dumb enough to buy this.

JackBauer

Of course the GOP doesn't care about the debt. Their penultimate objective is undermining Obama. Even The Economist called their strategy "economically illiterate and disgracefully cynical."

patsfan13

The pubbies should just walk away, the revenues are still coming into the Treasury, enough to cover Military spending, Debt Service, SS & Medicare. Let Obama and Reid decide what else to fund shut the rest off.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

The Brandon Five

That's surprising given how supportive they usually are of the GOP...

JackBauer

It's hardly a bastion of liberalism, particularly on economic issues.

I think you may be confused by the fact that conservatives in Britain would be Blue Dog Democrats in the United States.

JackBauer

It appears the Orange Man agrees with McConnell:

Apparently they've fired up the ole' Delorean and gone back to before the Republicans took the debt ceiling vote hostage in order to extort spending cuts from Obama. Disgracefully cynical seems more and more apt.

The Brandon Five

Is anyone ready to admit that the debt ceiling itself is a farce? I mean if you just vote to raise it every time you hit it, is that a "ceiling"?

patsfan13

The pubbies folding is very predictable, apparently they missed the last election and forget why they were handed the House.

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"Some guys play in all-star games, some guys don't. I don't know who picks all those all-star teams. In all honesty, I don't know who picks the combine, for that matter," Belichick said. "How does (Miami-Ohio offensive lineman Brandon) Brooks not get invited to the combine? How did Vollmer not get invited to the combine? I don't know. We can't really worry about that. We just have to try to evaluate them the best we can."

Holy Diver

This entire operation shows just how childish and full of $#!t the people who hijacked the republican party are.

now....


Speaker Boner....


WHERE ARE THE JOBS?????

JackBauer

They'll fold because their corporate masters are going to reign them in before they're allowed to tank the economy.