Wheeeee!! Keep talking Obama. you crashed the dollar & I'm long yen. Hurray!!
Obama to address nation at 9 p.m. Eastern as stalemate on debt talks continues
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I am voting all the bozos out the next chance I get.
Shot down by Obama - he insisted on more taxes at the eleventh hour, which is why Boehner walked out on Friday.
On Sunday, Reid and Boehner had an agreement but Obama nixed that one as well - in fact, he threatened to veto it before he saw the details.
Reid and Boehner will have an agreement by Wednesday working WITHOUT Obama - they are actually not far apart at all. Both houses will pass the legislation and send it to Obama's desk where he can veto it if he wants. Reid does not want to include Obama in any more discussions based upon the shiv he got from Obama Sunday - that was the reason for this evening's presser: Reid is pissed beyond belief at Obama.
It "falls short", according to Boehner's camp.
Bernie Sanders didn't like it, either, which should tell you about all you really need to know about both Boehner and Sanders.
Apart from that, the plan suffered from the same smoke and mirrors "spending cut" nonsense that plagues all the other plans. Spending actually *increases* under the proposal. There is no reform of Defense, SS, or Medicare spending. There are no specifics on how promised spending-slowdowns would be achieved - no details on, for example, how many people would still be employed by the Federal gov't.
Basically, it's a complete sham that is going to continue the trend of splitting the GOP between those who swallow the party line and those who actually want meaningful spending reform. It plays right into Obama's re-election hand...
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/...h-Obama,-Reid-ready-to-move-on-McConnell-Reid
This is from the Daily KOS: all the politicos are saying that Reid is furious with Obama. It is the President who is making this the political hack shit show it has become. Reid is going to move forward with O'Connell and Boehner; it is Obama who Reid privately thinks is the dishonest broker in all of this.
This is from the Daily KOS: all the politicos are saying that Reid is furious with Obama. It is the President who is making this the political hack shit show it has become. Reid is going to move forward with O'Connell and Boehner; it is Obama who Reid privately thinks is the dishonest broker in all of this.
Sorry, riskarb, you'll have to take it up with someone else as I'm not really interested in "discussing" with idealogues. It's a complete waste of time.
Cheers.