“We also need Boehner and McConnell to turn up the heat rather than run to the corner and hide.”
The Republicans had a great opportunity to clearly reframe the debate after the holiday. There is no point in lengthy closed door negotiations with an unserious partner like Barry. $2 billion in cuts? Unbelievable!
Boehner should have proposed a public debt summit. He needed to get these useless dim clowns taking some hard hits on TV.
But they have fumbled away a week and half and now everything is muddled up with Barry’s threats and McConnell’s plan. Not going in the direction we need.
I don’t think that McConnell’s plan is so bad. If Obama and the Democrats turn it down, they look unserious about negotiating, about compromising.
The McConnell deal forces Democrats to make the hard choices that they have so far resisted making.
I don’t think that they are going to take it, but if they don’t they cannot blame the shut down on Republicans.
It definitely just kicks the can down the road, but if Obama is so worried about defaulting on the debt, it’s the only option left for him.
“Boehner should have proposed a public debt summit”
Maybe, but would just be more political theatre.
We have to stop beating up the GOP leadership over this, for a simple reason:
- It is impossible to make a good deal with Obama
- Obama is very stubborn and only wants a tax hike in the deal
- Obama is doing what he can to angle for reelection