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13. I think the WH will be resolute on the debt ceiling and cave on the budget itself

Sun Jan 13, 2013, 08:09 PM

Jan 2013

I believe that Obama thinks there is a real principle involved with debt ceiling terrorism.

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Krugman: WH tells him that it is absolutely, positively not going to cave [View all] cthulu2016 Jan 2013 OP

it is up to the boner to come up with a bill Angry Dragon Jan 2013 #1

And he believes them? DJ13 Jan 2013 #2

Lets hope they do DJ13 Jan 2013 #6

Yes, why tip your hand in advance? truebluegreen Jan 2013 #10

Do you think the WH will cave?.. Stuart G Jan 2013 #3

No. Because caving means giving in. And we already know that forestpath Jan 2013 #7

+100 Myrina Jan 2013 #11

Ah, but Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #16

This is what's wrong with DU now elias7 Jan 2013 #18

You may be right. dawg Jan 2013 #14

Krug has a pretty low definition of what constitutes caving bluestateguy Jan 2013 #4

I don't recall PK calling the final cliff deal a cave. dawg Jan 2013 #15

They don't cave, they do as they intend. TheKentuckian Jan 2013 #8

Cave?... NO. They will just call it something else. bvar22 Jan 2013 #9

I am glad that the President is taking a principled stand... humbled_opinion Jan 2013 #12

I hope so but I've heard that many, many times before. Kablooie Jan 2013 #19