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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 10:58 PM Original message |
White House Rules Out Constitutional Option On Debt Ceiling: Rep |
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whosinpower (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. aka - don't worry my bestest GOP friends |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. I don't know who wrote that article for HP, but they're wrong! |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I guess Geitner could be lying. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:34 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. OR...Geitner & the President don't want the Pubs to even THINK |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Ahhhhh. Nine dimensional chess. |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #8 |
31. I agree. They must say they will not use it right now, but who knows |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Geitner was not 'quoted' in the article. And a source was not named. n/t |
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awoke_in_2003 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #38 |
57. a source wasn't named... |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:03 PM Response to Reply #4 |
54. There is serious misinformation floating around this subject. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Not the 1st Hit Piece from HP as of late |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:23 AM Response to Reply #5 |
11. Did you read the story? |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:04 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. Yes I did read it |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:51 AM Response to Reply #13 |
16. LIke I said, |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:29 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. I think he is Constitutionally bound to use the 14th Amendment option |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:57 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Could work the other way too. |
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FreakinDJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I beleive the Social Security and Medicaid measures |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. We were talking negotiations. |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:42 AM Response to Reply #19 |
45. Could someone explain to me |
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xocet (699 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
33. Author:The Huffington Post, Sam Stein, First Posted: 7/7/11 11:31 PM ET Updated: 7/8/11 01:53 PM ET |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
3. I guess it's OK if they opt not to use the 14th Amendment option |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #3 |
17. I know the feeling. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
6. Another UN-sourced article. LOL :) n/t |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:26 PM Response to Original message |
7. The title of the OP is misleading. It is NOT 'rep' as in 'representative, it is 'rep' as in 'report' |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Why would you think it meant representative. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I think the President should walk out of the negotiations and just declare that he's using the 14th |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-07-11 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
9. The WH needs to tell every person in COngress if they vote against the debt limit, then not one |
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Llewlladdwr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 03:44 PM Response to Reply #9 |
34. How exactly would the Executive branch accomplish this? |
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beyurslf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 02:15 AM Response to Reply #34 |
44. The Secretary of the Treasury spends the money. And he chooses what bills to pay and when. |
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woolldog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:01 AM Response to Original message |
15. Why would you rule anything out |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 09:52 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Maybe not so good at negotiating? |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #15 |
46. True |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
20. There is only one obvious conclusion. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
21. Read Laurence Tribe's explanation of the 14th Amendment route ... |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. That's an opinion. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:06 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Well, it certainly isn't Treasury's opinion |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. And it's Nancy Pelosi's opinion as well: 14th Amend. a "no go" |
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krawhitham (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. YEP, because Obama is not going to take the hit on the 14th Amend option, Geithner is |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. No, because it is not constitutionally sound |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Still an opinion, dude. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Like the War Powers Act? |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #21 |
37. Read another interpretation. |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. Um, that's exactly the opinion (Tribe's) I posted |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:51 AM Response to Reply #37 |
47. The Times is right |
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polichick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
26. Of course he does - why risk anything himself when he can look like the great peacemaker... |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
28. Of course... because he's already decided to cut SS. |
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Tx4obama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:07 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. There is absolutely NO proof of that. Stop making stuff up. n/t |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. No proof or past experience that he won't. Stop chasing bubbles. n/t |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. Try as you might, Pres. Obama is by no means DINO DLC Bill Clinton, who engaged in MediScare. |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:19 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. How do you know? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:24 PM Response to Reply #43 |
50. The facts bear me out, that's why. Bullshit speculation doesn't count. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #42 |
48. Hope as you might, Pres. Obama is a DLC/ThirdWay Protegee. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 12:25 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Prove it. Demonizing DLC rhetoric is as empty as Clintonian ethics. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 03:48 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Chirping "Prove It" is just silly. The president proves it every day. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. In other words, you got nuthin'. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. There are no other words. Your guy is third way. Proves it every day. |
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Hand_With_Eyes (197 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
49. Does not want to upset his 'friends on the other side of the asile' |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
53. Which means Republicans are free to use 14th Amendment as a club |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yeah, this was a mistake. |
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Tarheel_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-09-11 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
59. How about because it would set a precedent for a Pres. Bachmann? |
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