As I mentioned earlier, the business wing of the Republican Party, which has always been predominant, does not want to screw around with the debt ceiling or close down the government. You can add most Republican governors to that list. Govs. Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, Terry Branstad of Iowa, Scott Walker of Wisconsin, Phil Bryant of Mississippi, and Jack Dalrymple of North Dakota all went on the record as opposing a conflict over the funding for ObamaCare. But it doesn’t really matter. The House Republicans do not give one crap what some governor has to say.
The governors wanted a farm bill, too. They wanted a bill to fund transportation and housing. You can bet your sweet ass that they wanted a stimulus bill to help them meet their budget shortfalls during the Great Recession. And they all want prompt disaster relief.
The Tea Bag caucus doesn’t care for this “gimme, gimme, gimme, King of Bacon” attitude. They didn’t come to Washington DC to bring peace, but a sword.
So, it’s nice that the GOP is divided, but until John Boehner locates his spine, that nice 401(k) balance that you have right now is about to go poof.
No, because I moved it all to T-bonds last Monday. They may drop, but if T-bonds become worthless, then so do dollars. You won’t need gold, you will need lead.
“Predominate”?
Obama is sending McCain and Graham to Egypt to meet with the Egyptian leadership to make a diplomatic breakthrough.
I can only hope it’s some sort of threat. Shape up, or these guys will NEVER LEAVE.
Hmmm, iunno what the president’s angle is here. When I think of diplomats I don’t think of Walnuts and Huckleberry.
Yes, I think of “sappers” ….. in the sense of undermining.
Maybe the angle is that the Egyptians will call PBO and promise they will do anything, anything to please never send them back to us.
I don’t think I could last 5 minutes with McCain finishing every sentence with “my friend”.
Or maybe after the Egyptians meet with them, they will call the President and laugh and they will say “you weren’t kidding when you said you would trade places with us in a second”. Let’s sort this mess out together.
The government is not shutting down. Obama will call their bluff this time, as he did last time, and the GOP will pass a budget, even if it has to do so with a majority of Democratic votes. The orange man will have a nice job waiting for him after if he must fall on his sword.
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If it comes down to it, I would want and expect and demand that Obama keeps paying the nation’s debts without authorization from Congress. Worst case is the spectacle of the House Republicans impeaching Obama for refusing to destroy the economy.
And there’s a pretty solid constitutional argument, anyway. Even without the 14th Amendment, the enumerated powers of Congress are just as much their responsibilities, and one of them is to pay the debts of the United States.
For instance, Congress also has the power/responsibility to provide for the common defense, so what happens if the country is attacked and Congress fails to provide?
At any rate, I don’t think that’s a fight the Republicans can win. They can impeach him all they want, but the trial is in the Senate. And meanwhile Obama is going around talking about rebuilding the economy, and the Republicans are going around boasting about how hard they’re fighting to paralyze the government.
Impeach Obama? I don’t think so. What’s that quote about History repeating itself – Once as drama and again as farce?
Didn’t they learn the first time? Oh. Right. We’re talking about the Tea Party.