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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."
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Interesting chess game, especially given Reid's latest move offering the Republicans $2.7 trillion in deficit reduction without new revenues, what the Republicans are on record as they they wanted. I think that's thrown the Republicans off guard. Don't expect this to be settled until the last minute.
The big issue for the Republicans now is getting the Dems to cut Medicare, because the Republicans (fools that they are) are on record as supporting massive cuts to Medicare, which will hurt them in the election.
But Reid's spokesman Adam Jentleson sternly denied there was any such agreement, and that the Senate Majority Leader never took any short-term debt extension to the White House for review by the President.
That certainly meshed with Reid's statement from Sunday night, in which he rejected Republican plans for a smaller increase in the debt limit as unacceptable.
"Speaker Boehner's plan, no matter how he tries to dress it up, is simply a short-term plan," Reid messaged, adding, "it is a non-starter in the Senate."
Just cuz the term "bipartisan" is used, it doesn't mean it's good.
$2.7 trillion in cuts is meaningless until we're told the specifics details about the cuts in question.
I get a kick out of people using meaningless terms like "balanced" "bipartisan" and "$$$ cuts" when discussing this issue. I want the specific details please.
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"The most difficult subjects can be explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already, without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him." Leo Tolstoy, 1897
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Interesting chess game, especially given Reid's latest move offering the Republicans $2.7 trillion in deficit reduction without new revenues, what the Republicans are on record as they they wanted. I think that's thrown the Republicans off guard. Don't expect this to be settled until the last minute.
The big issue for the Republicans now is getting the Dems to cut Medicare, because the Republicans (fools that they are) are on record as supporting massive cuts to Medicare, which will hurt them in the election.
Remember Boehner Reid Pelosi and McConnell met yesterday so this is the framework they apparently put in place.
I think Reid changed his approach due to the polls on the matter showing 66% wanted spending cuts and not tax increases. Also there are many more dem Senators than pubs up for reelection next year.
As for RW comments without knowing specifics we don't know if it is a good deal for the American I expect a fair amount of smoke and mirrors from this bunch.
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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."
Remember Boehner Reid Pelosi and McConnell met yesterday so this is the framework they apparently put in place.
I think Reid changed his approach due to the polls on the matter showing 66% wanted spending cuts and not tax increases. Also there are many more dem Senators than pubs up for reelection next year.
As for RW comments without knowing specifics we don't know if it is a good deal for the American I expect a fair amount of smoke and mirrors from this bunch.
No, I think they're working on multiple things at once. I think what we're seeing is a lot of gamesmanship, with the Dems trying to force a split in the Republicans. It that happens, it won't come easily. As far as the polls go, I bet that entered into this game a long time ago.
As for RW comments without knowing specifics we don't know if it is a good deal for the American I expect a fair amount of smoke and mirrors from this bunch.
So far you keep complaining that Obama hasn't released any details of anything the Dems are agreeing to - but why can't the Republicans do the same thing? Wouldn't you think it would be in their best interest, too, to show America the exact depth and breath of whatever it is they're either accepting or rejecting?
So far you keep complaining that Obama hasn't released any details of anything the Dems are agreeing to - but why can't the Republicans do the same thing? Wouldn't you think it would be in their best interest, too, to show America the exact depth and breath of whatever it is they're either accepting or rejecting?
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