The "grand bargain" thing appears to have blown a tire.

[WilliamPitt]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/2011/07/09/gIQARUJ55H_story.html?hpid=z1

[KittyWampus]

1. I think the whole thing was either a feint or a fairy tale. HEY PITT! Do you think the Republicans

would actually force a debt default?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. I think it was a trial balloon.

[KittyWampus]

4. Of course you do.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Huh? Why "of course [I] do"?

[EFerrari]

LOL

[PoliticAverse]

12. I don't think the Republicans actually have the votes to force a default. n/t

[bemildred]

13. I think it's scripted political drama, I'm just wondering where it goes.

Remember the golf? You think they are really springing surprises on each other? Ha.

[EFerrari]

2. The Orange One probably needed to belly up to a bar.

At this stage, a flat may not be a bad development.

[kenny blankenship]

5. Republicans probably want a short time window on any deal, so they get a chance to do this all again

soon. And present a new list of demands. What will they be demanding 18 months from now? Ooo I can hardly wait to find out.

[Angry Dragon]

7. I thought it was the House that was responsible

to submit all spending bills in a timely manner??

It seems that the House is unable to do their job.
That falls directly on the Speaker's shoulders.
Boner can not get the job done, he has failed.
Boner has shown he is not up to the job of leading the House. Time for him to go back to the bars.........

It is not up to the president to pass a budget.

[Dawson Leery]

8. Since the GOP wants NO DEAL, then Obama needs to chose...

take the lead and force the GOP to raise the debt limit as a STAND-ALONE bill.

[spanone]

9. their only mission is to make him a one-term president.

[MichiganVote]

10. Shocked. Not. These assholes couldn't lead a dog out of a doghouse.

[WillyT]

11. Great...

:kick: & :beer:

Er... I mean, Rec !!!

[SoDesuKa]

14. Big Demotion for Boehner

Boehner had just gotten finished telling Obama about what a big deal the Speaker of the House is within his own party. Obama raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you get them the go for a really big deal?" And Boehner answered, "Sure thing. Just watch."

[jillan]

15. Boner and the spoiled brats.

[Jim Warren]

16. You have to hand it to them

they know how to strategically position themselves to make the opposition look bad, IE: trumpet debt reduction then say the opposition won't do it without raising taxes.

[kentuck]

17. Interesting paragraph..

"Obama, at least, was willing to make that leap and had put significant reductions to entitlement programs on the table. But on Saturday, Boehner blinked: Republican aides said he could not, in the end, reach agreement with the White House on a strategy to permit the Bush-era tax cuts for the nation’s wealthiest households to expire next year, as lawmakers undertook a thorough rewrite of the tax code."

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They're negotiating the Bush tax cuts??