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Topic: Obama blinks on the sequester,
GOP finally has upper hand |
Obama blinks on the sequester,
GOP finally has upper hand
Washington Examiner, by Philip Klein
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Posted By:KarenJ1, 2/5/2013 8:45:03 PM
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| In November 2011, President Obama lamented that “some in Congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts” that were part of that August’s deal to raise the debt limit. “My message to them is simple: No. I will veto any effort to get rid of those automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending. There will be no easy off ramps on this one.” Now, it’s Obama who is looking for an off ramp. With the automatic spending cuts about to go into effect, the Associated Press reports, “President Barack Obama will ask Congress to
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Comments:
I really want to have a positive attitude, but I hope the Republicans don´t screw this up.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
john56, 2/5/2013 9:57:21 PM (No. 9160756)
Double or nothing the beltway insider GOP folks snatch defeat from the jaws of victory on this one, too.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Veritas2009, 2/5/2013 10:00:00 PM (No. 9160761)
Budget or Nothing!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
halfnorsk, 2/5/2013 10:34:41 PM (No. 9160815)
For once, let Obamalamadingdong boil in his own excrement.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
grounded, 2/5/2013 11:22:54 PM (No. 9160866)
Since any spending measures must originate in the House of Representatives the GOP leadership can just go about their business, crafting spending bills, holding hearings and acting as if "What sequester". If they really want spending cuts and the Boy King doesn´t really believe that there´s a spending problem, this is the only way to get it done.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 2/6/2013 5:08:02 AM (No. 9161005)
The moron in the WH signed the sequestraton bill. Now he has to live with his precious entitlement cuts. Boo hoo.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mulhaven, 2/6/2013 8:02:22 AM (No. 9161187)
No problem, Boehner will find a way to fold.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
texaseducator, 2/6/2013 8:40:58 AM (No. 9161275)
The cuts have got to start somewhere. We can´t get hung-up on where. Once the cuts are in the Defense Department it´s easier to cut other departments. Spending can be shifted back to defense once fat, wasteful, spending is reduced. Everyone has a sacred cow, but we all need to let that coe lose a little weight, they all have gotten fat.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
TheMotherCO, 2/6/2013 9:05:44 AM (No. 9161336)
Again with the predictable blame game on the Republicans - to the very slow witted, the senate and oval office are held by dems, so live with it, all of you who sat home and didn´t vote for the Pubbie candidate and now are whining about how they don´t do this or that - time to get it straight down the ticket on the correct side and drop the sitting at home.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Holeymoses, 2/6/2013 9:26:16 AM (No. 9161393)
Do we ever need a win and may this be only the first.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Little Peep, 2/6/2013 10:32:35 AM (No. 9161582)
Hey GOP,
DON´T screw the pooch on this one. Give us something to believe that there is hope that you will stand up to 0
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
4Justice, 2/6/2013 12:13:41 PM (No. 9161875)
I agree #8. Hey, maybe Boehner did pull a coup on Zero after all. The GOP can´t do a helluva lot given the circumstances, but this may be the leverage we need right now.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 2/6/2013 12:17:24 PM (No. 9161884)
#8 After reading the reality based article,
I knew the thread would be full of the
predictable and tiresome Boehner is a bum,
Republicans always cave nonsense.
From the crowd that bragged about staying home rather than voting for Romney and sullying themselves by violating their principles.
Elections have consequences and many times bad consequences , as we have learned the past four years.
A lot of this false garbage about elected Republicans
is spread by the low information
talk show hosts on the right.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 2/6/2013 2:49:42 PM (No. 9162161)
Exactly right, No. 12. Why do these critics think Boehner extended the time? It was so he could get to the sequester and hoist Obama on his own petard.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Rafter, 2/6/2013 4:54:27 PM (No. 9162390)
Boehner´s a decent guy and I hope he prevails in outmaneuvering the Bamster.
Our nation could use a win for sanity and common sense.
Radicalism is a disaster.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
suziannr, 2/6/2013 4:57:08 PM (No. 9162394)
Voted like a good soldier, although I wasnt thrilled with Rove´s candidate. Have not been a fan of Boehner but IF he pulls this off...and its a big IF I will give him full credit for the maneuver. I hope it happens but am extremely skeptical...so shoot me
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bhkat, 2/6/2013 11:08:50 PM (No. 9162802)
Remember that article recently how Boehner got the upper hand by delaying the debt ceiling fight and not stopping the sequester?
This is good. I don´t think the pubs will fold because they have nothing to lose. It´s Odumbo´s signature on the sequester.
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