House, Senate GOP leaders divided on debt-ceiling deal

[TomCADem]

Source: Seattle Times

Two top Republican leaders clashed Wednesday over a plan that could allow the government to avoid a potentially catastrophic default but would not ensure the deep cuts in federal spending that party members seek.

In an interview with radio talk-show host Laura Ingraham, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, who offered a proposal this week that would allow President Obama to raise the federal debt limit without guaranteed spending cuts, warned fellow conservatives that failure to raise the debt limit would probably ensure Obama's re-election in 2012.

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"You know, it's an argument he has a good chance of winning, and all of a sudden we (Republicans) have co-ownership of a bad economy," McConnell said. "That is a very bad positioning going into an election."

But House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia has argued that raising the debt ceiling without significant and guaranteed spending cuts would surrender the party's momentum from the 2010 midterm elections.


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First, it was Eric Cantor versus John Boehner.

Then, it was Mitch McConnell versus Jim DeMint.

Now, it s Eric Cantor versus Mitch McConnell.

Is there even any point in negotiating with Republicans until they get their s&^t together? Despite the corporate media's attempt to paint Republican instransiense as savy negotiating strategy, the fact of the matter is that what they have is utter dysfunction. Thus, they are going to try to blame their lack of leadership on President Obama. Yes, it is President Obama's fault that the Republican party keeps on backstabbing each other.

[LetTimmySmoke]

1. A cadre of snakes is never a stable thing.