Remember that it was Obama who put out he terms in that budget process that ended in the sequester. It was HE who said that if no agreement was reached that the sequester would go into action. WE ALL know exactly why he wanted this...to put pressure on the GOP to give him what he wanted. Was it even constitutional for him to put such a binder on it? He HAD to know that the democrats were not going to budge. The GOP should have refused to enter ANY kind of budget talks that were so set to fail. Seems as if they could have refused to enter talks with any such terrible end result. I’ve heard so many people say that these are our brightest, or they’d never be elected. PHOOEY! That is absurd! I think many of us are a lot more capable, simply because we can see and understand common sense ideas and don’t feel the need to pander to any lobbyists to get the job done.
Obama and the Democrats have to come up with an alternative solution. With more tax hikes the public will go nuts.
If the GOPe was smart(but they’re not) Boehner would hold a press conference saying that on January 1, we gave Obama his take hikes. Now it is time for the spending cuts.
Put a lot of kids in the shot and talk about how more tax hikes will hurt the middle class. Tell the media how Obama’s tax hikes hurt working families where they have to choose between buying gasoline at its highest prices or buy food.
Offer a trade. Since Obamacare is going to drive up insurance rates, in some cases 190%, kill Obamacre and that will pay for the sequester.
That my friends is how you win wars.