Update [2011-7-28 22:36:14 by BooMan]: House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told reporters there will be no vote tonight on House Speaker John Boehner’s debt ceiling proposal.
Things I learn from the Twitter machine:
House Leadership advises members: “Thank you for your patience. We hope to reach a decision soon on the schedule.”
GOP whip notice: “Members are advised to stay nearby as we still expect to vote later tonight.”
Boehner’s still sucking oxygen, but his career is pretty close to over. That’s the only suspense involved here.
Tonight, we learn whether John Boehner is a Republican, or a Republican’t.
Sorry. I’ve been saving that one up since I saw Once Upon a Time in Mexico….
That’s too much suspense for me, man. Don’t get my hopes up like that.
Not passing legislation in the middle of the night. Wasn’t that a tea bagger principle?
What a shitshow…all over a bill that is dead on arrival in the Senate.
I think Obama needs to lay the smackdown tomorrow by market close if this isn’t figured out. If we come in Monday and there’s no substantial progress, markets are going to start freaking out.
Do you really think POTUS has the balls to be that confrontational?
He picks his spots.
Balls and a loud mouth aren’t the same thing.
What is it with white liberals’ obssession with this Black man’s balls?!
Did Clinton have big balls? Maybe they’re big AC/DC fans.
did someone say something about black men’s balls specifically?
all I saw was “balls”. A lot of people want their president to have balls (some overcompensate).
you’re the one who brought race into it.
Rather they have brains but to each his own.
I’m just so tired of the knee-jerk “it’s because he’s black” comments.
I’m not going to deny that racism exists, but some people read it into EVERYTHING, even when it’s not there.
With NMP, the minute you say anything critical of the president, it’s all because he’s black. So borting, so trite, so ripe for mockery.
What is it with white liberals’ obssession with this
Black man’sHarry Trumans’s balls?!I’ve read a lot of political biography and I don’t recall any chapters titled Lincoln’s Balls or Adam’s Balls. I love this new era. Let’s get ready to rumble!
Well now via twitter, no vote tonite. Guess that’s all she wrote. If there was any justice morning news will be about boner’s beings big disgrace!
Maybe John Boehner should call Nancy Pelosi for a few pointers?
Oh wait, sorry, this is Obama and Pelosi’s fault:
Snatching Defeat from the Jaws of Victory–Douglas Holtz Eakin
That comment thread is awesome.
Or you have Doug Mataconis:
http://twitter.com/#!/Johngcole
Take your pick.
I have to give it to you, you called this like an oracle. Nothing but dap!
I enjoy being right. I wish it paid better.
away from an enemy who is busy cutting themselves.
Stupid. Beyond stupid.
I still think they pass something – but if they don’t what happens to the GOP? Are we seeing a party split before our eyes?
I am stunned.
the CDS for US debt has jumped overnight:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=CT786896:IND
The walmart CEO is warning of catastophe”
http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/28/news/companies/walmart_debt_ceilng/index.htm?iid=HP_LN
What’s Obama to do? He can’t find someone to surrender to!