Speaker Boehner and the Republicans have done an excellent job.
Of course, bigger cuts would be better; and of course, defunding Planned Parenthood would be wonderful. But the Democrats hold the presidency and the Senate. The presidency is the most significant of all because of the President’s arsenal includes the veto power and the “bully pulpit.”
Our primary goal should be to regain the presidency and the Senate. It is very reasonable for Speaker Boehner and the other congressional Republicans to conclude that this compromise is necessary to make certain that Obama cannot use his bully pulpit to improve his standing among independent voters. He is destroying himself. We do not need to come to his aid by giving him issues that will help him. This is a long fight. Patience and thoughtful actions (and inactions) will be rewarded.
No. The House is the most significant of all because all Federal spending bills must originate there. This means that our Republican-led House just ordered the Fed to print up new money to fund at least half a trillion in federal spending over the next several months. It also means that our Republican-led House appropriated some of that new money to be handed over to Planned Parenthood so that they can continue to lead the nation in abortions performed.
This last part is especially galling to me. We could have exposed this lie of the left once and for all. Boehner should have proposed giving that money instead to other health clinics and services that do cancer screenings, but do not perform abortions. It was so damn simple for the Republicans to do, but they caved to the culture of death once again.
And now that Planned Parenthood is getting their cut for the next several months (estimated $180 MILLION), did the Republicans consider how much of that $180 million will end up in the campaign chests of their Dem opponents? Idiots. All of them. Baraq Obama and Harry Reid are laughing their butts off right about now.
Excellent post and too well thought out. I suspect some of the Freepers having an aneurysm here would not have been happy with any deal, they would find something to complain about no matter what. Fact is we have a Democrat President and Senate and they would killed us long-term with a shutdown. We would have lost 2012 and then were would we be, much worse off. According to some here General Washington should have never left New York City, he should have stayed and fought and guess what the Revolution would have ended in the late 1770's with us still speaking with a British accent and flying the union jack. I read the deal and it;s not that horrid. Not every battle is Thermopylae , sometimes you need to compromise and yes retreat a little to win the war. Bottom line in the X's and O's category we are up 35-10 going into the forth and we just made the Democrats kick a field goal.