[sickoflibs]

RE :"There is something else that Reid gave up. There is a chess game going on that may not be obvious. Reid agreed to hold votes on defunding obamacare and planned parenthood. So big deal, you might say; they won't pass in the senate. Correct, but McCaskill, Tester, and Manchin (all in increasingly red states) will have to vote or find an excuse to be out of town. And odds are (if they want reelection) their opponents will use their votes on these issues in campaign ads. These are not votes Reid wanted to hold."

I see Brett Biar on FNC Panel calling this a huge win for Boehner. One said "Democrats got rolled by Boehner" not only on the spending cuts but forcing the Senate to vote on those House passed items you mention (like Obama-care repeal )that will kill the Blue Dog democrats there.

The endless continuing resolutions were wasting billions of dollars themselves in endless new contracts and paperwork that those outside of this DC area have no way of knowing about.

Not a bad deal by Boehner considering the big battles are ahead.

[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

>>One said “Democrats got rolled by Boehner”<<

Let’s hope it doesn’t do to his head.

[jeltz25]

Perhaps. But all the dems already voted against repealing Obamacare earlier this year and they all already voted for it last year, so they’re already on record for 2012. It’s not like this vote will change anything in that regard. And they already voted for funding pp in earlier budgets so they’re on record there, too. So I don’t see these new votes being any big win for the GOP. Do people in NE not know that Nelson voted for Obamacare? Do people in MT and MO not know that Tester and McCaskill did?

Maybe this was the best they could do. It’s better than nothing. Better than what would have happened if the dems still had the House. It’s in the right direction. But it doesn’t really give any confidence for any meaningful cuts in the future. So 40B here. Maybe the same amount or say they even double it to 80B next year. Does that really make any meaningful impact?

I guess as long as we don’t have the WH and Senate it will be tough to really get something done.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Boner cut next to nothing, and if Obamacare has been ruled ILLEGAL, why are the Repubs not doing anything about it??