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"The real downside is that the pressure is now off the President for the rest of his term and we didn’t make any real progress in addressing entitlements."

Boehner just allowed a debt ceiling past Jan. 2013 to save Obama`s ass ?

1 posted on 07/30/2011 9:31:22 PM PDT by Para-Ord.45
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If there are no true cuts today, they will not materialize in the future. There are no statesmen inside the beltway who will stand through the gale.


2 posted on 07/30/2011 9:35:02 PM PDT by lurk
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BS. If this is true, 0bama now owns cuts all forms of entitlement programs. How is he going to explain this to his base?


3 posted on 07/30/2011 9:35:18 PM PDT by Perdogg (0bama got 0sama?? Really, was 0sama on the golf course?)
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Boehner just allowed a debt ceiling past Jan. 2013 to save Obama`s ass ?

9% unemployment and a double-dip recession are going to have a lot more to do with barry's chances than any help he gets from a debt ceiling increase.

4 posted on 07/30/2011 9:37:31 PM PDT by TonyInOhio (H-O-L-D F-A-S-T)
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If our rating is downgraded the numbers won’t work. In other words, as soon as it’s downgraded our debt increases. I wonder what they would do if Moody’s downgraded us on Monday? It would sure screw them up.


5 posted on 07/30/2011 9:38:15 PM PDT by Terry Mross (I will only vote for a SECOND party.)
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The real downside is that the pressure is now off the President for the rest of his term

I agree. So we will let this criminal walk on this issue? This episode needs to be replayed before the next election. Otherwise, what is the point. Obummer will Spend Spend Spend.

6 posted on 07/30/2011 9:39:42 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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two things:

1- ABC is also reporting there will be a vote on a BBA...

2- if they did split the debt ceiling into two parts rather than bundling it in one whose at greater PR risk in a general election year?? ayatollah obama who’ll have the criminal liberal media going full bore for him??? or the GOP candidate??? on paper a two part debt ceiling raise look good but there’s two much downside risk for the GOP from a PR POV....

whether its one debt ceiling raise of two, as long as gas is $4/gallon and unemployment is 9%, obama is effed....


7 posted on 07/30/2011 9:40:20 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5million pay no federal income tax then vote demoKrat)
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i don’t believe it

don’t want to either


8 posted on 07/30/2011 9:40:25 PM PDT by jbp1 (be nice now)
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The real downside is this was never about stopping the spending. Obama got his money....and that’s what this is about...thus he’ll use it for gaining support for his election.

This wasn’t about a debt ceiling...nor spending cuts...this was and remains all about Obamas re-election.


9 posted on 07/30/2011 9:41:48 PM PDT by caww
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Was it signed into law? No?

The article is just more propoganda until something gets signed.

Someone is reporting that some kind of deal has been reached, and folks are flaking. Wait for the real bullets? Mmkay?

/johnny

10 posted on 07/30/2011 9:42:44 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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ABC has word that the deal is still tentative

ABC, the Albatross Broadcasting Company. I am still not convinced this is a true deal. Something tells me this was leaked by the WH to get the reaction of the "Tea Party Saints" and the "Venomous Lefty Devils." The WH is much to reliant on polls to announce a late night deal without some type of feedback.

11 posted on 07/30/2011 9:44:12 PM PDT by mlocher (Is it time to cash in before I am taxed out?)
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"The real downside is that the pressure is now off the President for the rest of his term"

This as all horse hockey. NO DEAL!! Don't increase the debt ceiling! The congress should force actual spending CUTS!!

Keep the pressure on! We don't need Obama and the congress mucking up anything else! Keep them busy on this one item for the next 16 months or so right up to election day. There is nothing more important for the congress to consider than warding off national failure and bankruptcy!! Let Obama go golfing. He's much less of a danger to the Republic when he's on the course! Stay (on) the course, Bambi!

14 posted on 07/30/2011 9:51:09 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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gutless cowards all of them

“a commission will be appointed...” so we can all avoid blame...


15 posted on 07/30/2011 9:52:03 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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http://www.verumserum.com/?p=27879

Boehner caves hard


16 posted on 07/30/2011 9:54:09 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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The real downside is that the pressure is now off the President for the rest of his term and we didn’t make any real progress in addressing entitlements

Not true.

According to the report, Obama & the Dems will still have to debate cuts until November, the deadline for the 2nd half of the plan.

Also, don't forget that the Ryan plan is waiting in the wings. That definitely addresses entitlements so Obama is far from off the hook.

17 posted on 07/30/2011 9:54:48 PM PDT by Siena Dreaming
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As with the apparent take-out of Bin Laden, Obama will only benefit from this if the economy improves. But nothing in this deal, if true, makes me think that the situation is going to change much in the next year. Obama will still be an a-hole and will be viewed as such by a majority of the American people. And the GOP SHOULD be able to make a case for at least taking back the Senate next year, and hopefully the presidency, as well. I'm sure this commission will be a farce, as all of these commissions end up being - the Democrats will make sure of that.

The reality is that, regardless of the level of the debt ceiling, the spending should be going in the opposite direction for years to come. The GOP needs to keep harping on this (and making progress on it) so that the debt ceiling level becomes irrelevant. Is the GOP up to the task? I doubt it, so it may be up to a new party to do what has to be done.

18 posted on 07/30/2011 9:59:35 PM PDT by Major Matt Mason (“I must confess, when I see anyone with an Obama 2012 bumper sticker, I recognize them as a threat")
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Pull Phrase Part Deux:

Let me be blunt. None of the people complaining could have done better. They may want to pretend they could, but they’re dreaming. It’s sort of like the folks who sit in armchairs watching the Super Bowl and suggest they could have beat the Steeler’s defensive line if they’d been put in as QB on 4th down. Yeah, sure you could, tubby. Now pass the chips.

Said like a true Steelers fan! Now give me an Arn with dem chips n'at. :^)

19 posted on 07/30/2011 10:01:39 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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This guarantees Nobamas reelection. He will use the money in states where he can get 270 Electoral votes. The Repubs only controlled one house but it was the PURSE STRINGS! That scared the pi$$ out of the Dems. They have used every trick in their book to get the debt increase.

The only way to stop the spread of socialism is to stop borrowing and live off income. It would have been easier with only $14.7 trillion in the hole. Now we have to do it when we are least $ 18 T in the red.


20 posted on 07/30/2011 10:02:43 PM PDT by alpo
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Why do I have this sinking feeling that we are gonna get screwed again?


21 posted on 07/30/2011 10:08:35 PM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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Boehner did not allow anything. Harry Reid would NOT allow a vote on the House bill in the Senate and the Democrats all voted no in the House. Obama said he would veto it. Boehner and House Republicans tried. Nothing will get done unless the Republicans take control of the Senate and President. Keep that in mind.


23 posted on 07/30/2011 10:14:46 PM PDT by Grey Eagle
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Please go read the ABC article. Excerpt:
Democratic and Republican Congressional sources involved in the negotiations tell ABC News that a tentative agreement has been reached on the framework of a deal that would give the President a debt ceiling increase of up to $2.4 trillion and guarantee an equal amount of deficit reduction over the next 10 years.

The details are still being worked out, and a senior White House aide tells ABC News, "talks continue but there is no deal to report."

Congressional leaders plan to brief their members on the framework tomorrow. The reaction from both parties' rank-and-file will determine whether this tentative deal becomes a final deal.

There is NO DEAL. At least not yet. Nobody has voted on this.
24 posted on 07/30/2011 10:18:00 PM PDT by upchuck (A default is not an economic event. It is a political event. Cut NOW, not in ten years.)
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