Reid backs debt deal if other Democrats will: aide

Reuters ^ | Sun Jul 31, 2011 | Reuters

[mdittmar]

(Reuters) - Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid will support the tentative debt-ceiling deal as long as other Democrats back it as well, a spokesman said on Sunday.

[silentknight]

8:32pm | Reid on the floor says leaders have reached a ‘historic bipartisan compromise’.

Reid: Neither party, neither chamber can do this alone.
8:28pm | President Obama will make a statement in the WH briefing Room at approx. 8:40 PM eastern.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/live-coverage-debt-ceiling-sunday-negotiations-2011-7#ixzz1TjUzwTkq

[Stars&StripesNE]

We think alike. Many believe because the Tea Party was influential in the last election, it gives their agenda a green light, bar none.

I would love that to be the case.

But, we have to be realistic here. If this gets pushed too far, it could damage the Tea Party's influence and momentum.

[Bobby_Taxpayer]

It is crap and trickery. It is like dropping a penny in the kitty once a year to pay off the mortgage. REJECT IT!

[Chaguito]

"It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians of all parties are hanged. " — G.K. Chesterton.

My contribution in italics. Those Republican and Democrat presidents were throwing away money back when a dollar was really worth something. Obama is just quantitatively different.

[editor-surveyor]

Must watch this video, and send it around:

Brother can you spare a Trillion?

[Always Independent]

Pelosi, true to form wants to block cuts to any social programs. Smells of Rats.