Never let popular conservative momentum get in the way of a good “compromise,” right GOP?
Unbelievable:
With funding for the federal government set to expire in less than two weeks, Senate Democrats and House Republicans are in discussions to avoid a government shutdown, a Senate Democratic leadership source told CNN.
News of the negotiations comes a day after several Republican lawmakers indicated they might accept a short-term spending bill as long as it included at least some spending reductions and not necessarily the deeper cuts the House approved last weekend.
Senate Democratic leaders reacted positively to those comments Monday, said the source, and hope it will lead to an agreement before March 4, when a government shutdown would begin if the House and Senate fail to reach an agreement.
Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-South Carolina, said on NBC’s Meet the Press, “there will probably be a temporary [spending bill], but it should have some spending cuts as a down payment on controlling the size of government.”
“My guess is we’ll probably have some short-term extensions while we negotiate these things with spending cuts,” House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) said on CBS’s Face the Nation.
Publicly, House Speaker John Boehner has said Senate Democrats should accept the entire $60 billion in cuts Republicans pushed through the House early Saturday morning, many of which chip away at the priorities of congressional Democrats and President Obama. However, privately House Republican leaders are acknowledging the need for a stopgap measure to continue funding the government while they negotiate spending levels for the bill a longer-term bill to fund the government through Oct. 1.
“Everyone knows that, no matter what the truth, we would be blamed [for a government shutdown], so it would be a dumb political move,” one House Republican leadership aide told CNN.
“Blamed”? Blamed by whom? By the same people who are going to blame you no matter what you do?
It’s time you start listening to us and stop worrying about how the press is going to portray you. Which I thought we’d made that clear in November. We can’t continue the spending. Obama refuses to stop. There is no room for compromise.
Christ. What a gaggle of feckless pantywaists.
I give up.
Every dog gets a bite, as they say.
But it really is a shame to see the new Republican majority play it’s “get out of jail free” card so early in the 112th Congress.
I say shut it down. Why waste the public momentum. This isn’t 1995, there are enough folks that get their informatin from sources outside of the MBM. Besides, it’s not like the federal government would completely shut down, essential services would keep go, and non-essential ones would have to operate on a shoestring, which might be better for us all!
I say stare ’em down, and shut ’em down, until they agree to the cuts. And do what Reagan would have done. Begin every answer to every MBM question on the shut down by reminding folks that this wouldn’t be happening if the Democrats had done their jobs last year and passed a budget, instead of focusing on amnesty, cap-n-trade, and Obamacare…
Sadly, it’s a binary system.
If the GOP doesn’t prevail, then the Dems will just keep doing all the things that got us here, only faster & bigger.
Sometimes an ugly date is better than no date at all.
Time for the Tea Party’s to get their game back on. Hold these buggers’ feet to the fire. We elected them for one big reason: Stop The Spending.
The 60 billion is already too much of a compromise. So the answer is, “60 billion is our compromise. Take it or shut it down. It’s your choice.”
. This isn’t 1995, there are enough folks that get their informatin from sources outside of the MBM.
True. But unfortunately for us, those folk don’t include the GOP Caucus among their number.
SHUT IT DOWN.
I stopped reading the article at “Senator Lindsey Graham said …” If the people of South Carolina don’t drum this cum rag out of office then I give up.
I’m with you.
The only votes I’ll cast from here on out are for Tea Party members.
And let’s disabuse ourselves of the notion that the Tea Party isn’t an actual 3rd party.
It’s just going to be a painful transition getting rid of the GOP. Or, letting them get rid of themselves, is probably the more apt description.
Sack up. It ain’t quitting time.
Three observations.
1. Republicans passing a bill to fund the government and Democrats voting against that bill does not add up to “Republicans shutting down the government.” The MSM deserves to be pilloried for this blatant dishonesty. (Sorry, I can’t help ranting at the choir on this one. I thought this was obvious even in 1995, when I was twelve. It’s insulting that the Democrats even try this spin.)
2. If you’re in Congress, making the case for policies you think are right is your job and patriotic duty. Whining that “no matter what the truth, we would be blamed” is an admission of gross incompetence. Can anyone imagine John Adams saying that? Or even George W. Bush?
3. House Republicans don’t have to agree to a Senate compromise. It takes both chambers to pass a budget.
These guys aren’t just RINOs, they’re CRINOs. Taking their cue from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzD6L8DmE-cthis. Morbidly cowardly. How can they look at themselves in a mirror?
Notice how the Republican legislative aide goes unnamed, lest he be contacted by actual voters and disabused of his misinformed position.
The MBM is helpful like that.
We just need to mail every Republican in Congress of set of Scott Walker pajamas to sleep in. Problem solved.
I feel like I’m watching a slow motion train wreck in the form of our government disintegrating before my eyes.
I’ve been trying to find the right place to squeeze this in but I’m afraid it is getting stale, so…
My budget plan
My boss will give me 3.9% raises every year, and bonuses on top of that, until 2019. At that point, I will no longer be borrowing more to meet my basic needs, my basic desires, my advanced desires, and my wanton debaucheries. I will still have to continue borrowing from other people to make the interest-only house payment. That’s on my personal budget. I also have a few other…, ah, business commitments, that we’ll leave for another day (after you approve this plan). And between you and me, I’m planning on paying the early lenders back with …., well, never mind, no need for you to worry those mathy details.
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It seems they just don’t understand, November wasn’t enough.
I’ve just experienced a major shift of attitude regarding Sarah Palin.
I’ve always liked her, our politics are almost exactly the same. Having said that, I’ve understood the whole electability argument, I really have. All the smart people tell me there is no way she could win in 2012, her negatives are too high and she is regarded unqualified for the job by most people. Disputing the assertion is fruitless, perception is reality in politics, blah, blah, blah.
This morning I’ve had an epiphany; Not only is Palin the right person for the job, America needs her!
Palin is TEA party type, and has a record in Alaska that is exactly what we need for the whole country. Clean out the Republican establishment, and accomplish fiscal responsibility.
We aren’t going to escape the unsustainable establishment machine with an establishment candidate. I think Palin is our last, best hope.
There, I said it. Palin/Cain 2012.
more rats fleeing
Indiana House Democrats leave state, Wisconsin style
Damn. Boehner and Mitchell better hurry up and cut a deal before the D.C. dems catch the red flu. I mean, we wouldn’t want the government to shut down because there were no Democrats to compromise with!
Blamed.
As if shutting down the government were a bad thing.
Whatta buncha maroons. Whatta buncha ignoranimuses.
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