House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell attempted to lay Washington’s debt-ceiling debacle squarely at President Obama’s feet in a press conference on Saturday, making public their effort to drag Obama back into the center of frenzied negotiations to cut spending and increase borrowing authority ahead of a Tuesday deadline. “He’s the leader of the Democratic party and the President of the United States,” McConnell said. “He needs to tell us what he’ll sign.”
“It’s time for them to tell us what they’re for,” echoed Boehner, repeating the Republican canard that suggests Obama, who’s endorsed Majority Leader Reid’s latest bill and put forward a series of proposals himself behind closed doors, has no plan. “It’s time to tell us how they’re going to get us out of the cul-de-sac they’ve driven our country into.”
The spin session, which came just hours after word leaked that McConnell was turning away overtures from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and demanding to negotiate directly with the President, marked an escalation in an already fraught standoff that has the U.S. Treasury preparing drastic measures should the debt ceiling not be raised by Tuesday.
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no; there are no prospects for a deal as long as reid and bo want to raise taxes and not cut spending enough.......
ReplyDeleteI'm sure it's been mentioned before , but I'll mention it again. Does Obama have more security than any other president? He must have , God knows I've heard many people say that they wonder why he hasn't been threatened or someone tried to do him harm.
ReplyDeleteHe must have a multitude of secret service men! He certainly needs them.
“It’s time for them to tell us what they’re for,” echoed Boehner,
ReplyDeleteNo, Mr. Boehner, it's time to tell the president what the PEOPLE are for. Why is that so hard for you to understand?