I’m sorry, Mr. Ryan, but wouldn’t the time to have cut the budget been...when you passed the budget framework bill? It strikes me as the sensible moment to do that, rather than trying to hold off more borrowing on budgets already approved.
OH! Right, this is just red meat to toss to constituents burned by the last minute budget framework deal you shoved through, betraying conservatives with budget increases.
"...this is just red meat to toss to constituents burned by the last minute budget framework deal you shoved through, betraying conservatives with budget increases."
Yep.
I would have a lot more respect for them if they would just be honest. Ryan could get up in front of the cameras and say something like, "Here's the deal: The GOPe is inarticulate, and we have no clue how to negotiate deals, and most importantly, we're absolutely terrified of Barack Obama, even with his poll numbers in the dumps....
So next month, I'll be negotiating a deal in secret (breaking our pledge with America) that gives the Dems what they want and does nothing to stop endless government spending- then we'll force a quick vote on it (breaking another pledge that the terms will be publicly available for 36 hours) because we're terrified that 'outside groups' will analyze it and state that it really is a piece of cr-p deal...
The MSM will then bang the drums about the Republican 'Civil War' and Boehnhead will tell everybody that it's 'the best deal we could get' and to 'get their a$$es in line' to vote for it."
At least we would be spared on all the nonsense posturing...