“Last year, when the president and Mr. Boehner were at an impasse over getting Congress to approve the essential increase in the nation’s borrowing limit, it was the wily Mr. McConnell who first suggested the legislative way out of the mess.”
The wily Mr. McConnell came up with ridiculous plan to allow the debt ceiling to increase automatically in two installments unless two thirds of both bodies stopped it. and even if they did vote to stop it, Obama would have vetoed the stoppage. It was a sham all along, but the press thinks that McConnell is brilliant.
McConnell came up with this plan at the very instant that the House was voting for Cut, Cap and Balance. It was done intentionally to undermine the conservatives in House who wanted actual spending cuts and a balanced budget.
And if we all recall, it was called “Plan B” at the time.
McConnel and his allies in the Senate were desperate to prevent the House from acting. Because that meant that the Senate would have to act, and they never want to work or take a stand on anything. And of course, Boehner then undermined the members of his own body by going along with McConnell’s plan. And here we are, and they’re once again turning to McConnell to save the day.
But McConnell won’t be able to get conservatives in the House to sell out. And Boehner’s influence over them is gone. The republican leadership will now have to depend on their buddies the democrats to get their bills through the Congress.
McConnell neutered DeMint during the process, too. DeMint said he would filibuster and then got slapped by McConnell and went into hiding until the vote and didn’t filibuster. McConnell needs to be PRIMARIED, regardless of whatever deal he cuts with Obama and Reid.