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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell outlined a complex and procedure-heavy proposal Tuesday (details here) to give President Obama the ability to raise the debt ceiling in increments without Republican support. McConnell unveiled the plan just before leaving Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with Obama to continue discussions for a possible deal between the parties.
Michael A. Needham, CEO of Heritage Action, the advocacy arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation, called it a "serious walk back" from the party's long-held position on the debt ceiling deal.
FreedomWorks, a Washington-based group that organized some of the largest tea party rallies in 2009 and 2010, sent McConnell's office number to its member lists and urged them to help him "find his spine."
"Mitch McConnell wants to make it even easier by allowing Congress to go through a dog and pony show of feigned cuts that never get cut while allowing escalation of our national debt," wrote RedState.com editor Erick Erickson in a post originally titled, "It's Time to Burn Mitch McConnell in Effigy." "2014 cannot come soon enough to destroy the political future of this weasel."
"Three letters come to mind," wrote Michelle Malkin, a conservative commentator. "W.T.F.?!!"
