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White House stokes debt-ceiling crisis (No to new plan)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/white-house-stokes-debt-ceiling-crisis/2011/03/2 ^ | 7/25 | rubin

Posted on 07/25/2011 6:07:48 AM PDT by RummyChick

A Republican aide e-mails me: “The Speaker, Sen. Reid and Sen. McConnell all agreed on the general framework of a two-part plan. A short-term increase (with cuts greater than the increase), combined with a committee to find long-term savings before the rest of the increase would be considered. Sen. Reid took the bipartisan plan to the White House and the President said no.”

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To: RummyChick

Could this be the 0bama personal meltdown? It’s starting to feel like Julius Caesar heading to the Theatre of Pompey.


61 posted on 07/25/2011 7:13:13 AM PDT by SueRae (I can see November 2012 from my HOUSE!!!!!!!!)
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To: prairiebreeze

I give Boehner a lot of credit for staying strong and showing courage during this political-financial fight. He must be under tons of pressure...hang tough my friend.


62 posted on 07/25/2011 7:13:19 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
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To: SueRae

Obama seems in a self destructive mode right now.

Boehner and Reid need to do a joint presser and put the blame on obama.


63 posted on 07/25/2011 7:14:03 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: The flash mob who wonÂ’t leave.)
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To: Principled

Killed was a euphemism. It was not a literal word. Of course it can rise again. It was not even taken up. The vote was to not take it up.

My point to the poster was totally different...I was just trying to get him understanding that in that very bill, which stopped in the Senate after passing the House, the debt ceiling was raised.

He was demanding that the debt ceiling not be raised in any legislation going forward, when that has already been done in GOP legislation.


64 posted on 07/25/2011 7:14:35 AM PDT by txrangerette ("...HOLD TO THE TRUTH; SPEAK WITHOUT FEAR." - Glenn Beck)
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To: silverleaf
The House should send this deal that Reid agreed to, on to the Senate, then leave town.

The House should change it slightly then send to reconciliation w/ Senate. In reconciliation, make it the CCB plan... which would pass the Senate.

Twofer - get CCB and screw Obama using reconciliation. Payback is only starting - and it IS A BITCH

65 posted on 07/25/2011 7:17:13 AM PDT by Principled
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To: prairiebreeze
Obama has played the republicans in the Gang of Six like a finely tuned fiddle.

Gang of 6 plan won't pass the House. Those guys will hold for no higher taxes.

66 posted on 07/25/2011 7:18:57 AM PDT by Principled
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To: RummyChick
Obama's plan in writing:


67 posted on 07/25/2011 7:19:37 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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68 posted on 07/25/2011 7:20:07 AM PDT by devolve (. . . . . . . . . . . . Fat & Furious - Burger & Fries Queen*s 1700+ calorie lunches . . . . .)
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To: SueRae
I pray not.

I have seen, first hand, a narcissistic melt down. I shudder to see that happen with a president.

If he truly has narcissistic personality disorder, the GOP needs to have a shrink on staff to help them. You don't not want to push Obambi like they have been. He will destroy the whole house of cards rather than conceded, and will blame the GOP for it.

69 posted on 07/25/2011 7:22:10 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: C210N

BS said NO? Let the loser own the crisis. The House has a negotiated deal with Dingy Harry of the Senate. Take the deal or let the chips fall where they may. The Social Security, military, and other obligations will be paid first. Then BS can start cutting welfare programs and entitlements until the cows come home. When the people figure out that they can do without a lot of the government, things are starting to take a turn in the right direction.


70 posted on 07/25/2011 7:22:25 AM PDT by toolman1401
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To: Principled

“elections have consequences”
.........she-who-must-not-fly-coach


71 posted on 07/25/2011 7:22:35 AM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: prairiebreeze
The Gang of Six plan is not ready for primetime. No legislation, just a framework. The reality is that there is not enough time to produce any real legislation save for the Rep plan that was passed by the House.

IMO there will have to be a short term increase in the debt ceiling just to buy time for a real legislative plan to be produced by both Houses. Regardless of what Obama may say, that is the reality.

The Gang of Six plan contains elements that neither the Dems or Reps favor. There are not the votes to pass it.

72 posted on 07/25/2011 7:25:04 AM PDT by kabar
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To: Principled

Maybe so, but that also plays for Obama as he’ll be able to blame republicans.

That’s another reason the horsewhipping is called for.


73 posted on 07/25/2011 7:25:18 AM PDT by prairiebreeze
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To: toolman1401

One analyst on FOX business indicated if there is no debt ceiling increase, the govt will have to live on what it had .... in 2006

Gee does not sound like armageddon, does it?
I don’t remember people starving in the streets in 2006
And the unemployment rate in 2006 was what, about 5%?


74 posted on 07/25/2011 7:25:36 AM PDT by silverleaf (All that is necessary for evil to succeed, is that good men do nothing)
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To: toolman1401

Go ahead and pass it in both houses. Let him veto it.


75 posted on 07/25/2011 7:25:46 AM PDT by Principled
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To: toolman1401

Exactly. Time for Boehner to agree tot he deal, declare Victory and hand it off to obama.

Reid and Pelosi get what they want in not tying this mess to SS or other stuff, Boehner gets no tax increases, etc.

So long as Typhoid Barry is in office we have to be realistic with stuff.

Let Typhoid Barry own this mess now.


76 posted on 07/25/2011 7:28:40 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: The flash mob who wonÂ’t leave.)
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To: RummyChick

Obongo wants it HIS way and through the 2012 elections. He’s already in the battle of his life. I say one term for sure, nobody could be stupid enough to vote for that moron twice.

“The president’s worried about his next election, but my God, shouldn’t we be worried about the country?” Boehner said. “I’m not worried about the next election. I told the president months ago: Forget about the next election!”

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/173143-boehner-obama-worried-about-his-next-election

“As I read the Constitution,” he recalled telling Obama, “the Congress writes the laws and you get to decide what you want to sign.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59737_Page3.html#ixzz1T2cxlqbx


77 posted on 07/25/2011 7:32:45 AM PDT by mojitojoe ( 1400 years of existence & Islam has 2 main accomplishments, psychotic violence and goat curry)
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To: GlockThe Vote
Soebarkah wants default and government shutdown. He needs chaos to win his next election.

They could send him an ice-cream cake and he would veto that. Keeping his ass in silk is his only concern.

78 posted on 07/25/2011 7:33:04 AM PDT by PA-RIVER
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To: Spktyr

Ratified by 3/4 of the states? No way they could reach that high a number with something as extreme as that right now.

If they presented just the two issues, BBA and term limits only, they MIGHT get enough together to get those passed in the climate we have now. Anything else would never go through with this many Republican chambers in the states, which was why I think its a viable option now.


79 posted on 07/25/2011 7:33:59 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: PA-RIVER

The 25th amendment should be considered - his behavior is not rational

not that i’d want the other doofus in charge either - but anything would be better than someone intentionally taking us down


80 posted on 07/25/2011 7:35:33 AM PDT by Principled
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