[Political Junkie Too]

...he did this before and they fell for it early on. Uses this for his advantage..struts his stuff...and makes the rep.s look foolish to say the least.

Exactly.

Republicans gave away all of their leverage during the lame duck session of the 111th Congress.

They were slow to get started in the 112th Congress.

And now they're getting played again by allowing the Senate to be marginalized, and making everything be between the House and Obama.

McConnell should stay out of it until the Senate goes on record with a budget, otherwise, all he's doing is mucking up the works by being a powerless voice who can nothing but undermine his side's position.

-PJ

[The Bronze Titan]

I am here to save my dear President's political career.

I propose that Congress give up their Constitutional authority and
give President Obama unprecedented power to raise the debt ceiling
by $2.4 trillion in three installments through the end of his term!