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Yes it was. I think the move by McConnell is a smarter one from a political standpoint than the knee jerk crowd here may have considered. This means that the democrats can vote to raise the debt ceiling without a single Republican vote. They own it, they get all the blame. Personally, if push came to shove I don't think the democrats would go for it. It sure would be fun to see them back peddle after having described how important raising the debt ceiling was.

From the standpoint of governance, however, McConnell's plan is a sad statement. It basically says that the Republicans are not going to fight with Obama and will leave it to the electorate to decide in 2012. Great, so if I get this straight the game is difficult (due to the MSM being in this guys camp and other factors) so McConnell purposes refusing to play until the rules/players change. Hey, nothing like quitting as a strategy. Win or lose, fight to the end and fight for what you believe in.

They own it, they get all the blame.

. . . and the American taxpayer gets it in the stink pipe. At that point, who the hell cares who's to blame?

Clue up: the "us" versus "them" at play here isn't "Democrats" versus "Republicans" . . . it's the DC sewer versus the American Taxpayer. The DC idiots can stand there and point their fingers at each other until the cows come home: we taxpayers are still going to have to pay the check.

Nice try to spin McConartist’s little plan, but one serious problem... it flies in the face of the Constitution! It is CONGRESS’ duty/right to control spending. To hand this power over to the Executive is DANGEROUS.