A terrible “USA Today” assessment article on the debt limit issue. Negotiations are just that, negotiations. You start and stop, change and hold firm etc.
The problem here was that a deal was reached, the news leaked, and the Republican House members screamed (Rove included) and Boehner was called back to the House (the tool shed) for a little chat. If a deal was to be reached it could not come from negotiations and agreement with the President! That would legitimize the President. No, No, No!
Now, with most of the elements of a deal worked out, Boehner and the House Republican majority bolt from the White House claiming no deal was made, or could be made, with this particular, “tax and spend” President. And so, Republicans are going to come up with their own non-negotiable proposal/demand/deal next week. That demand will be so close to what has already been agreed upon (the non-deal, deal) that the President will be hard pressed not to sign it but, the credit will then go to Boehner and the Republicans. If it is rejected by the President, the blame for any negative fallout will be with the President.
This nefarious and totally foreseeable development is what Boehner called “stepping back to see the entire forest instead of the single tree” i.e. the single “tree” of a negotiated deal with the White House vs the “forest” of Republican control of the White House and Senate in 2012.
We are now are experts on the politics of everything but the substance of nothing. Reality, reactions, and consequences, however, quietly move forward in subtle and accumulating dimensions on many fronts. Connecting our national “dots” is an increasingly frightful exercise.
Budget deal discussions are completely predictable; get a grip ~ it’s political posturing at it’s best just before a National Election. Democrat this – Republican that – where are you going with your rant?
Obviously what President Obama accomplished the last few years amounts to a hill of beans on the Economic, Military and Health Care Issues. It’s time for a change (Yes We Can).
Elect Ron Paul – now there’s a man of character and experience on the economic, military and health care fronts. Dr. Paul understand the value of our dollar, served in the Military and is an accomplished physician. He understands that adults have the right to make personal choices and take responsibility for their actions; we do not need government babysitters to run our lives and make decisions for us.
If you want to argue politics ~ get to the point!
This reminds me of the Titannic, and “Captain O’bama” is at the wheel…….why weren’t we anticipating the icebergs long before they were in view????