I apologize for this vanity but I have got to ask: Am I the only one who thinks that the coverage of this payroll tax extension was such that there was NO WAY THE REPUBLICANS could come out on top of this?
Not only that but NO ONE INCLUDING CONSERVATE COMMENTATORS is noticing this?
Everyone is playing this like the “stupid Republican” screwed up again!
Again I expect this coverage from the media but what is surprising is no one is mentioning the coverage made it impossible for the republicans to win.
Boehner, Ryan and Cantor were talking until they practically needed resuscitation but their words got ZERO coverage.
We can criticize Boehner and the house Pubbies but really the way the press covered this there was no way to win this thing. We had better get used to this as this agreement guarantees this will come up every few months.
They might be expected to only renew this for a few weeks or days with coverage like this to keep this in news getting fawning coverage for the ‘RATs!
They would have covered Kennedy’s accident like Teddie was helping a Chappaquiddick girl in trouble. With the coverage of this payroll extension, if I were Teddie up in heaven right now I’d be asking where is my award!?!
No, you are not.
And am I the only one who's asking why did the Senate pass a bill with only a two-month extension -- which turned out to be totally unworkable, anyway?
What was the purpose of that?
And why did Mitch McConnell and the GOP Senate support it?
The House's position was totally defensible. They had passed a 12-month extension. Whereupon, they should've gone home -- leaving it to the Senate to pass the House bill...or be blamed for not passing the extension.
Conclusion: The GOP Senate helped create the problem. The GOP House then didn't handle the resultant situation well.