I need to be reassured as to the competence of his President…but that will be difficult in the face of recent events:
1. “There's a fascinating story over at The Hill that was published yesterday, "How John Boehner escaped disaster." I don't think we should get ahead of ourselves here, but certainly there's a storyline emerging here that when it comes to the art of the deal, Boehner is one of the more capable politicians of the era.
But now that details from the smoky backroom debates are emerging, how's Barack Obama's reputation faring? Well, not good at all. Here's a curious detail from The Hill's report on Boehner. It seems that Democrats and Republicans asked "the only adult in the room" to leave said room so they could hash out a deal:
On July 23, they claim, the White House called Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), telling her not to participate on a call with Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Pelosi informed Reid, who declined to participate, and the call was canceled, the Republican sources said. (A Pelosi spokesman could not be reached for comment.)
Later that day, the four leaders met with Obama at the White House. At one point, GOP officials said, the Democratic and Republican leaders asked Obama and his aides to leave the room to let them negotiate.
A tentative deal was subsequently struck, but Obama privately threatened to veto it, the sources said.”
Democrats, Republicans Asked Obama to Leave Room During Debt Negotiations | The Weekly Standard
The participants tossed the President????
2. While it is accepted by just about all concerned that the problem is too much debt, overspending without commensurate oversight, there is one participant in the mix who felt that, like Goldilocks, everything was ‘just right.’ Who was it who demanded that Congress give him a ‘clean bill’ authorizing increasing the debt ceiling with no cuts to spending???
“White House officials maintained Friday that the administration wants to see a "clean" increase to the federal debt limit, despite President Obama saying it will likely be paired with spending cuts.
The administration has maintained for months that Congress should not attach other provisions to a vote to increase the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, which it expects to hit in mid-May. Republicans are demanding major spending reforms in exchange for their votes to raise that limit.”
White House: Obama hasn't changed on 'clean' debt vote - The Hill's On The Money
Clean bill....no cuts!!! That was President Obama's position!!
3. And what was the attitude of the house-organ of the Liberal rank-and-file, the Daily Kos???
“We are a democracy, and we have open and transparent budget procedures that let everyone weigh in. It goes against democracy to allow a group to take the country hostage and demand changes in our budget and programs. Don't let them get away with it. It is the Constitutional responsibility of members of Congress to follow the budget procedures. The only reason Republicans are doing this is that Democrats ignored this responsibility in the past and allows hostage-taking to succeed, bypassing the open, transparent budget procedures demanded by democracy and our Constitution.
Last week, in A Clean Debt Limit Bill Is The Only Acceptable Path, …”
Daily Kos: Demand A Clean Debt Ceiling Bill With NO Conditions
Ya think the folks at Standard and Poors read this stuff, too?
4. Here's a bit more proof about the rectitude of what the Right has been saying about the Left:
"ABC's Cokie Roberts said something on national television Sunday that made her colleague George Will shake his head on camera.
During a "This Week" discussion about the recent credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's Roberts said, 'The problem that we have here is the Constitution of the United States of America which actually does require people to come together from different perspectives"
Read more: Cokie Roberts on Downgrade: 'The Problem That We Have Here Is the Constitution' | NewsBusters.org
1. “There's a fascinating story over at The Hill that was published yesterday, "How John Boehner escaped disaster." I don't think we should get ahead of ourselves here, but certainly there's a storyline emerging here that when it comes to the art of the deal, Boehner is one of the more capable politicians of the era.
But now that details from the smoky backroom debates are emerging, how's Barack Obama's reputation faring? Well, not good at all. Here's a curious detail from The Hill's report on Boehner. It seems that Democrats and Republicans asked "the only adult in the room" to leave said room so they could hash out a deal:
On July 23, they claim, the White House called Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), telling her not to participate on a call with Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.). Pelosi informed Reid, who declined to participate, and the call was canceled, the Republican sources said. (A Pelosi spokesman could not be reached for comment.)
Later that day, the four leaders met with Obama at the White House. At one point, GOP officials said, the Democratic and Republican leaders asked Obama and his aides to leave the room to let them negotiate.
A tentative deal was subsequently struck, but Obama privately threatened to veto it, the sources said.”
Democrats, Republicans Asked Obama to Leave Room During Debt Negotiations | The Weekly Standard
The participants tossed the President????
2. While it is accepted by just about all concerned that the problem is too much debt, overspending without commensurate oversight, there is one participant in the mix who felt that, like Goldilocks, everything was ‘just right.’ Who was it who demanded that Congress give him a ‘clean bill’ authorizing increasing the debt ceiling with no cuts to spending???
“White House officials maintained Friday that the administration wants to see a "clean" increase to the federal debt limit, despite President Obama saying it will likely be paired with spending cuts.
The administration has maintained for months that Congress should not attach other provisions to a vote to increase the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, which it expects to hit in mid-May. Republicans are demanding major spending reforms in exchange for their votes to raise that limit.”
White House: Obama hasn't changed on 'clean' debt vote - The Hill's On The Money
Clean bill....no cuts!!! That was President Obama's position!!
3. And what was the attitude of the house-organ of the Liberal rank-and-file, the Daily Kos???
“We are a democracy, and we have open and transparent budget procedures that let everyone weigh in. It goes against democracy to allow a group to take the country hostage and demand changes in our budget and programs. Don't let them get away with it. It is the Constitutional responsibility of members of Congress to follow the budget procedures. The only reason Republicans are doing this is that Democrats ignored this responsibility in the past and allows hostage-taking to succeed, bypassing the open, transparent budget procedures demanded by democracy and our Constitution.
Last week, in A Clean Debt Limit Bill Is The Only Acceptable Path, …”
Daily Kos: Demand A Clean Debt Ceiling Bill With NO Conditions
Ya think the folks at Standard and Poors read this stuff, too?
4. Here's a bit more proof about the rectitude of what the Right has been saying about the Left:
"ABC's Cokie Roberts said something on national television Sunday that made her colleague George Will shake his head on camera.
During a "This Week" discussion about the recent credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's Roberts said, 'The problem that we have here is the Constitution of the United States of America which actually does require people to come together from different perspectives"
Read more: Cokie Roberts on Downgrade: 'The Problem That We Have Here Is the Constitution' | NewsBusters.org
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