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By Byron York
March 3, 2013
After Obama won re-election, there was extensive discussion among his supporters about whether the Republican fever would, in fact, break. Would the fiscal cliff negotiations, which resulted in the GOP accepting a tax increase on the nations highest earners, do the trick? If not, would coming fights over the debt ceiling and sequestration finally cure the Republican illness?.......
Some in the GOP saw public opinion at work. The three-day Gallup tracking numbers certainly arent good for him, said one House aide, pointing to surveys placing Obamas job approval rating at 47 percent approve versus 45 percent disapprove down from a post-election approval rating that topped out at 56 percent. Still, the aide saw no great improvements on the horizon. Ultimately, they have no dialogue with us, the aide said of the White House. Instead of working together, were forced to read tea leaves.
This is not going to be an apocalypse, I think, as some people have said, Obama declared (not mentioning that his administration had been behind most of the apocalypse talk). Its just dumb. And its going to hurt. Nevertheless, Obama said that when the next budget fight happens, later in March over a resolution to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, he will accede to the reality of sequestration:
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Obama sought to break GOP ?fever,? but did they break his? | WashingtonExaminer.com
March 3, 2013
After Obama won re-election, there was extensive discussion among his supporters about whether the Republican fever would, in fact, break. Would the fiscal cliff negotiations, which resulted in the GOP accepting a tax increase on the nations highest earners, do the trick? If not, would coming fights over the debt ceiling and sequestration finally cure the Republican illness?.......
Some in the GOP saw public opinion at work. The three-day Gallup tracking numbers certainly arent good for him, said one House aide, pointing to surveys placing Obamas job approval rating at 47 percent approve versus 45 percent disapprove down from a post-election approval rating that topped out at 56 percent. Still, the aide saw no great improvements on the horizon. Ultimately, they have no dialogue with us, the aide said of the White House. Instead of working together, were forced to read tea leaves.
This is not going to be an apocalypse, I think, as some people have said, Obama declared (not mentioning that his administration had been behind most of the apocalypse talk). Its just dumb. And its going to hurt. Nevertheless, Obama said that when the next budget fight happens, later in March over a resolution to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, he will accede to the reality of sequestration:
We have a Budget Control Act, right? We agreed to a certain amount of money that was going to be spent each year, and certain funding levels for our military, our education system, and so forth. If we stick to that deal, then I will be supportive of us sticking to that deal. Its a deal that I made.
The sequester are additional cuts on top of that. And by law, until Congress takes the sequester away, wed have to abide by those additional cuts. But theres no reason why we should have another crisis by shutting the government down in addition to these arbitrary spending cuts.
The sequester are additional cuts on top of that. And by law, until Congress takes the sequester away, wed have to abide by those additional cuts. But theres no reason why we should have another crisis by shutting the government down in addition to these arbitrary spending cuts.
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