Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee
Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts
Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia*
Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma*
Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee
Sen. Mike Crapo of Idaho*
Sen. John McCain of Arizona
Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota
and don't forget “The Girls”
The politics of the situation says that the Tea Party has already lost. That’s why McCain was so smug the other day.
Reid will knockdown Boehner’s bill immediately, without debate and probably without a vote. He is ready to go with a bill already prepared by him and McConnell, which will include phony cuts similar to Boehner’s plan. It will also include a phony committee that will draft phony cuts and real tax hikes.
Reid and all the Senators, including the Republicans, will postpone the next debt ceiling vote until after the 2012 elections.
Reid’s bill will easily pass the Senate and go to the House, where all the Democrats (who didn’t vote for Boehner’s bill) plus enough moderate Republicans (including Boehner) will constitute a majority to pass it.
We lost. Politics as usual wins. The country continues down the road to becoming Greece. They will position this as the Senate and moderate Republicans saving the country from the radical terrorist Tea Party who were trying to destroy the economy.
All we can do is explain to America why the Reid-McConnell-Boehner bill is phony and then we need to do everything we can to defeat those responsible for it in 2012.
It is extremely disappointing that some Tea Party members sold-out and are giving credibility to these phony plans.
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