[GeronL]

If he lets it pass the Senate

6 week debt ceiling hike... in exchange for what?

what is the GOPe asking for in return?

[servantboy777]

I've never been accused of being the brightest bulb in the package, but some things just seem so obvious.

Why not keep the debt ceiling exactly where it is and cut 10% across the board from every agency, every bureaucracy, every department in government?

Raise the debt ceiling in return for cuts? I don't get it. Promise to cut, then march right on through the next 1.7 trillion? So, even with the cuts, we will need to raise the debt ceiling yet again once we reach 18 to 19 trillion?

How’z this cutting anything?

[Made In The USA]

Exactly. Negotiation shouldn’t be a discussion on how much the GOP gives up. Push barrycare into next year. Or next decade. Or better yet never.

[what's up]

what is the GOPe asking for in return?

They may not be asking for anything but there are benefits.

17% of the Gov't continues to be shut down till November at least and the public sees for the 1st time that the world does not end.

The GOP is not seen as intransigent by the public. Obama on the other hand...