It is a question of playing politics vs. providing actual leadership and governance. It is a brilliant political move. It robs Obama of the continuing ability to put forth nothing but platitudes and forces his party to put forth plans and vote for and continue to own the debt and economic woes.
It is a disaster in leadership. It basically says that the Republicans are accepting that this is solely a political game and are refusing to rise above it, regardless of the consequences to the country and regardless of the need to fight for what is right. It truly is a cynical way of looking at the country. As always, the Republicans are banking on the fact the the voters will care more about image than which party tried to do the right thing by leading.
Do you believe the media will report the story accurately when doing so won't suit democrat political goals?
Do you think any clever plan by the GOP can succeed without one of both of these elements?
On the other hand, do you not believe the GOP will live up to their end of the bargain whether or not the results are what they originally intended?
Agree with your last part, but I don’t think this is a brilliant political move.
Obama could care less about adding more debt- in fact he’d happily do so- and in the future all he’ll do is demagogue away about how it’s those evil Republicans that want to take all those benefits away from people. The Republicans will be right back to where we are now- ensured by a trap that was supposedly set for Obama.