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YAY!!!
The Boiler Room is open for business again!
For years the MSM has been blaming President Obama for not reaching across the aisle (even though it's patently false, think State dinners, movie screenings & cocktail parties the Republicans have refused to attend).
My question is, now that he's "breaking bread" with the GOP, what if anything positive do you think will come out of it?
With the President circumventing GOP leadership, will he have any chance of getting any kind of "deal" done?
Thanks
Why President Obama wants more money when this year the government is going to collect more revenue that any year in history.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/cbo-fede…
In 2013, $2.7 trillion is expected to be collected in taxes. In 2014 and beyond, over $3 trillion per year at current tax rates.
There is not a revenue problem it is an spending problem.
Why is there only a spending problem when a Democrat occupies the WH?
When the Republicans reside there, ya'll have NO problem with the borrowing & spending.
If it weren't for double standards the right wingers wouldn't have any!
Do they FORGET the spending spree that the Cheney/Bush administration went on?
Red VA,
[Why President Obama wants more money when this year the government is going to collect more revenue that any year in history.]
That may be true if you never account for inflation however as a percent of GDP (neutralizes inflation) your statement is false!
Spending only becomes a problem when the acquisition devalues over time. Think flat screen tv over house, one of them is an investment. The overuse of the word 'spending' when it comes to the budget does little but inflame the surrounding rhetoric. 'Tax and Invest' needs to enter the conversation as part of the dynamic.
I've been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. If Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act is struck down, what are the chances of having Scaila impeached?
And my usual question; what are the chances of FOX losing its license for deliberately lying and being a wing of the Republican party?
When NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and the like lose theirs for being a wing of the Democrat Party.
In other words, never.
We need check and balance news. You are watching to much Chris Mathews, Rachel Madow and Ed Shultz. Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house. Viewers have more confidence in Fox that most of the news including this one that distort and hide news to favor Democrats and liberals. Fox in the name of fairness bring host from both side of the isle, something the left wing media don't do. Chris Wallace is one exaple.
Guys,
Have you ever known, in the history of our country, a time when it was Politically beneficial for the President of the United States to inflict as much pain as possible on the American public as President Obama intends to do with the Sequester?
There is a problem with spending, when the national debt goes from 10 trillions of dollars to 17 in 4 years. and more than 20 in 4 more.
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WCA,
Regardless of what that memo said …
Our President and no other person, what-so-ever, can decide where the cuts are made, what programs get funded and which do not. That was part of the law created with the Budget Control Act of 2011.
The cuts are across the board cuts which is why everyone has said that “these are dumb cuts”.
As General Ray Odierno said Friday on “Morning Joe” and “CBS This Morning” under sequestration he is not allowed to move funds around in FY13.
Question: What does the $500,000 access fee to President Obama buy you?
Then, please explain how shutting down their
chat roomlitter box brings both sides of the aisle to the table?Even THEY couldn't control the rapid right crazies who hung out there!
Interesting you spend so much time some place you clearly despise... lol
Mark and Domenico
Why is that with all the focus on poverty, financial crisis, and economic inequality in our country, that neither our media nor our elected officials ever examine the affect debt monetization, deficit spending, fiat currency, perpetual inflation, and corporatism have on those issues?
That is simply not true - when you add all the other news sources and measure them against Fox, Fox loses.
Your an idiot fiesty, you have no idea what you are talking about, Fiesty is one of those ObamaBots that believe everything LSM puts out. Do you not relize that America is getting worse and we are getting more and more into debt and this time its the democrats fault. oh by the way, heres a little help, When clinton was president, republicans controlled the house and senate and when bush was president the house and senate was controlled by democrats, look it up but dont strain your brain, putting in the truth my overload it. wanna fix the economy, get rid of foodstamps and welfare, force people to look for jobs, that means you to fiesty you leech
Robert D Clarkson
and when they don't find one ... starve those suckers?
okay, you go tell Walmart to pay a living wage.
Robert,
When “W” was President Republicans controlled the House and Senate 6 of 8 years.
As you said above Look it up !!
Feisty Redhead Roselle, IL
If I want to win a war , I have to learn my enemy. I can say also, I like to play the Trojan Horse.
Fisty wouldnt know anything about Trojans, she perfers the back alley coathanger approach.
Redvirginia, remember, it will bring you to its level of stupidity and beat you with experience
Oh, and why did I get the following email ... ????
Message:
What we need is an Obama-control Law to stop what started the shooter of Giffords- it was Barack Obama(without knowing there was a video camera on him) that said: "We have to get rid of her" about Giffords AND he said : "She is a traitor to the Democrat Party". Obama is too much of a sissy but he makes other people do his dirty work. The guy that shot Giffords said that he was only trying to help the Democrat Party. Nothing crazy about that-you only have to be a Democrat. Now who is wiping Barack Obama's rear tomorrow? You get to keep the tissue you use as a remembrance-aren't you glad you are a Democrat?
Sounds like Culus Onan .. that fella posting just above me who has finally left the closet and posted an avatar of his true likeness.
For those on the left that keep harping on the spending spree by President Bush, especially when Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, claiming the right was silent on it are wrong. Remember the American voters in 2006 election put Democrats in charge of Congress, mainly because of the over spending and the war in Iraq. After the Democrats controlled the House of Representatives for 4 years the American people fired the Democrats for the refusal to stop spending mainly in the first two years of Obama's 1st term.
Further the American people returned a majority of Republicans to the House in the last election in order to have compromise in Government. I have always felt that a split government is best, and for proof look at the first two years of Clinton's 1st term, 6 years of Bush's 1st and 2d terms, and the first two years of Obama's 1st term.
BTW, Bush is not President anymore, it's time to move on and quit playing the blame game. We had little leadership under Bush and even less under Obama.
Caesar Augustus-
It is a chance , but I take risks , or all the way around. LOL
redvirginia -- Your statement on revenue is false. As a percentage it starts to get back on track in 2017. Here's the chart:
http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfacts/displayafact.cfm?Docid=200
BTW - Your link is NO GOOD.
Question for Boiler Room:
When the Ryan Budget is presented to the public, do you see some Republicans distancing themselves from that type austerity and his prescription to curb entitlements? Will this type budget significantly impact Republican races in 2014?
There was a question of Why did it take 18 months before the President started talking to Congress on sequester?
And the answer is It didn't take 18 months. That is just another FOX Comedy, right wing lie. He the President has been talking to them all along.
Hey Cat ladyboy, still want to have that drink... ;o)
'hate him all you like but the mind....'
what a tangled web we weave Athenian boy lover...ill take my spartan wet dream any day, you can take your catamite
What are the chances that Beverly's idiotic questions will be answered?
Because the President was Campaigning for his second term, playing Golf and vacationing. I watch it in SNL, from where you get your news.
Question to the Boiler Room
Why the Budget of President Obama was voted Nay in Senate , with most of Senators Democrats and Republicans against it.
Have a good day, thank for so many questions, it was fun.
Answer: It was a GOP Shell Game.
It's a little shell game being played by the Republicans concerning the budget. Here are the facts.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/05/house-and-senate-unanimously-reject-obama-budgets-or-do-they/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2012/apr/06/mitt-romney/romney-says-obama-failed-pass-budget/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/16/senate-budget-jeff-sessions_n_1522643.html
Question to the Boiler Room
Since the sequester, which was proposed and signed by Obama, was always about cutting $1.2 Trillion from spending, and the Republicans already agreed to an additional $650 Billion in new taxes on the 'rich', what makes Obama think that the Republicans would agree to new taxes AND fewer spending cuts?
Nothing else has worked with the hard heads opposing everything President Obama has suggested so maybe this intimate dinner will help.
Something that would be a big story for today's mainstream media would be to find out what they had to eat and how each of them liked or disliked their meal. Don't talk real substance, people don't want to hear that, they want gossip and nonsense.
redvirginia - your post #1.28 shows you to be just another low information right winger. The President invited Republicans, several times, to the White House for dinners. They refused. He invited them to a private showing of "Lincoln" - they refused. He has extended invitations several times but the "we'll do anything to block this President" Republicans refused each time.
He has tried on many occasions to talk the sequester with them but again, they refused. Try again and at least show a modicum of intelligence!
sfcret - Most don't agree with your statement that it was spending that resulted in the democratic take over of Congress in 2006. Wikepedia offers insightful reasoning.
Roy Wilson -- You write:
That's a lie. Letting the temporary payroll tax cut expire is not CONSIDERED raising new taxes! It cost a $120 Billion each year to extend the temporary tax cut. Temporary means temporary.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444130304577561410867407728.html
Why not take this opportunity to clearly expose Fox as a right-wing lie machine by answering several related questions?
Has President Obama offered budget proposals to Congress?
Has the Senate offered completed budgets for a vote? Have they been filibustered?
Have any taxes been increased, or have they simply been returned to prior year rates? Have lower income people actually had their income tax rates reduced?
Has the 113th Congress presented a budget for a vote?
Has anyone ever considered a modern day Wednesday night at the fights sort of deal? For instance, MSNBC hosts a 90-minute face-off every third Wednesday in odd-numbered months and Fox does the same in even-numbered months.
Two panels of three debate each other on the events of the past month. Say MSNBC has a team of Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Ezra Klein. Fox puts up Hannity, O'Reilly, and Hume. Something like that.
I turned on Fox last night to watch O'Reilly. Apparently on Tuesday night he exploded against a liberal pundit. Called the liberal Alan Colmes a liar several times. Really looked unhinged and his tone was menacing. I guess I can see where some of the right leaning posters (the vile ones) get their angst and anger cues from. Anyway he had on democratic pundit Kristy Powers (sp) and he didn't back down, refused to let her talk, interrupted her and refused to admit that he was over the line. He refused to agree that as Colmes said Obama has put forward specific cuts regarding the deficit.
O'reilly much like a lot on here refuse to admit that Obama has offered cuts to entitlement programs and proposals that the GOP have rejected. Much like some on here O'Reilly continues to view Obama, a center right leaning moderate, as some sort of radical far leftist. He is not.
It would be interesting to see a panel debate of FOX and MSNBC on major issues.
Domenico and Mark you up for being moderators?
Why does the msm focus on the story line that the President hasn't schmoozed Congress enough, and doesn't cover which tax loopholes the President wants that the Republicans are willing to cut Defense, NIH funding, and slow air traffic, etc. in order to protect?
I couldn't believe a line I read in an earlier thread, that Republicans were surprised to learn which spending cuts Obama had offered Boehner, which wasn't relayed to the rank and file. It almost sounds as if Congress is as uninformed about the substance being debated, as many Americans are.
Good question, Amy.
newdayDAWNING...RETURNED
Indeed it is newday.
Some how I believe they are lyin particularly FOX. They read it so they could LIE about it. All these obstructionist want is to re-litigate their looses.
I watch broadcast TV, as I don't have cable, and it seems like the tone of the news coverage is to make the sequester cuts sound silly, humorous, even, and to focus on how President Obama needs to socialize with Congress more in order to get things done. I never see any reporting of substance on what tax loopholes the President wants cut and why the Republicans want to save them. Come to think of it, I rarely hear the issue of income inequality, the shrinking middle class, and the effect of all that wealth connected to political power has on decisions regarding spending and taxes.
let's just close all loopholes and not allow the tax code to guide behavior. everyone pays a percentage of their income.
doing so will remove much of the mystery around how much tax money is going to arrive into the treasury which in turn will allow us to create a reasonable budget that is supportable through tax.
Amy,
an Obama "proposed budget cut" is like a Bigfoot sighting...some have claimed to see one, but it disappears quickly... and bottom line, it doesnt exist.
I have a question for GOBComeback 2014;
Would you please answer us on WHY you have opened your third Newsvine account?
Ol vaginal probe Bob aka Bob 18805 aka Bob in Virginia?
Why aren't you honoring the bet you lost like any person of integrity would?
Would you please answer us as to how you know this is Bob's (supposedly) third registration with Newsvine? How are you privy to this info? It may say a lot about you and your standing on the vine.
Why don't you tell us your inside connections so that we may all share in the honor that you have been bestowed as the queen of NV and its contributors? Perhaps we can all worship you then.
And one more, why do you become the leg humper when it comes to GOPComeback instead of vice versa as you so love to tout?
Talk I use to think Fisty was paid, then i came to the conclussion that Fisty wasnt (who would employ such stupidity). Fisty doesnt have that knowledge...it calls me a rereg yet ive been here (newsvine) since 09. Fisty thinks she owns FR nothing more. Interesting she worries about cheaters and liars (conservative re-regs) but when say Teaparthater rereg and Ruken (chickbinder) rereg a million times it doesnt care... Its a good thing liberal democrats arent hypocrites
Yes, VP Bob,
Oh Billo the clown has been the burnt of The Big Joke for the past few days. Fox Comedy at it's finest hour.
*paging* VP Bob...
You can run but you can't hide little buddy!
Yes , Feisty? What bet?
Playing coy... eh? How cute.
Surely you remember, the one where you promised to take a 6 month hiatus from FR is President Obama won?
XOXO,
Your #1 Moonbat! ;o)
Feisty,
I wanted to keep that bet, really did.... but I was concerned you couldnt survive an entire 6 months without my sharp witty comments.
It is for your own good ! No thank you's are necessary, I know how much you appreciate my sacrifice.
Actually, I kind of missed you Bob. You and I have sometimes had some good discussions. Not going to lie, I was disappointed when you left.
DANG FR Gremlins!
Edit; Thank you for finally admitting you didn't have the balls to sneak back in under one of your previous alias's.
It was only a matter of time before you slipped up and revealed your true self.
If you can't take a man at his word, what does he have left?
You're about as witty as a pedophile!
are you speaking from experience?
Thank you, newday dawning, appreciate that.
On the surface Feisty may seem to be an amoral paid propagandist for the Left who nastily and personally attacks political opponents with no shame.
...but deep down...she is exactly the same.
Well, Feisty, after calling me "Vaginal Bob" and non-wittily claiming " you are as witty as a pedophile", anything lower and more vile left in your arsenal?
VP Bob,
It's a shame you could not honor your bet. Oh well, that's a republican.
A Constitutional issue ... sometime back in the Pleistocene my first regular bar was called the Boiler Room ... why is my liver still intact?
Will there be a coup to remove Boehner from the Speakership if he does not bow to the far right wing?
And: housekeeping please: Will First Read buy into the "nations" that Newsvine is now advocating?
newdayDAWNING...RETURNED
newday,
Gawd, I hope so. He is the failed leader.
What are the chances of wages and the middle class coming back now that the stock market has?
Now Bev, hadn't you heard - paying people a living wage is socialism aka wealth re-distribution to the poor. According to the RWNJs here, we should be paying the wealthy to work.
Will a moderate-sized not-so-grand bargain accompany the lifting of the debt ceiling by the end of March?
Mark and Domenico
Question - Out of immigration reform, tax reform deficit/deal, and gun control what issue do you think the divided Congress will be able to pass? Any other landmark agreements and deals you see coming up that people aren't focusing on?
My take is that out of everything comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship has the best chance to pass. Next I can see a flurry of singular comprehensive gun control issues going down in flames, but perhaps a more stringent background check bill, that includes mental health checks is included. Finally, I think the least likely issue to get a solution is the tax reform deficit deal. So many bad hands have been played from extending the Bush tax cuts to indiscrimanetly cutting with the sequester that I see little hope for a solution.
Hi Mark and Domenico---thanks for taking our questions. So glad to see the Boiler Room back.
I'm wondering about the 2014 midterms. Do you think the conventional wisdom will hold and the GOP pick up seats or might the Democrats gain seats or even re-take control of the House?
Will Harry Reid bring a budget vote to the Senate floor.....ever?
Reid brought the Republican sponsored version of our President's budget for a vote which you point out got zero votes.
Reid brought the House (Ryan) budget up for a vote but it failed to pass 57 to 40 with 5 Republicans voting against it.
Reid allowed the Budget Control Act of 2011 to the floor for a vote and it passed 74 to 26.
http://politics.nytimes.com/congress/votes/112/house/1/277
The Budget Control Act of 2011 was "deemed" to have passed a budget resolution for this year and next year. In other words, for the purpose of budget points of order on the Senate floor, it will be as if the Senate had done a budget resolution. This will apply to both FY12 and FY13, meaning there will be no pressure for the Senate to consider a budget resolution on the floor before 2013.
http://keithhennessey.com/2011/08/01/bca-summary/
Dennis,
Harry Reid hasn't passed a budget in 4 years.
Yet you defend him.
Typical.
So how is it his fault when even Republicans vote against the Republican controlled House budget?
He tried, Republicans voted against it.
yeah he tried...about the same as trying to hit in rebar with a purse
I heard Maria Bartiromo on Meet The Press say that the sequester cuts won't hurt the economy. Then, I saw the stock market hit record highs in the last few days. Is it safe to say, the 1%, which includes our public policy decison makers, and the media types like Bartiromo, are so immune to recession, they don't consider the job loss represented by the sequester cuts, as a big deal? Does it seem like the wealthiest people in America are detached from the threats the rest of us face, in unemployment, healthcare expenses, and educating our children? Does it seem like the power and wealth being concentrated at the top, is impacting the debate over sequester cuts and tax loopholes?
Amy---great question. I was surprised at the number of commentators--both partisan and supposedly neutral--who said the sequester would cause job losses as if they were reporting the weather. No thought for the financial impact of losses on the people, the impact on their families and of course the loss of medical benefits which can be devastating.
Amy and Steeler, It is because the press hasn't actually bought in fully to the affects that the sequester is really going to foster. They have pushed doom and gloom in so many other areas that they are being extremely cautious on this one to maintain their credibility should it not come to fruition. They see both sides for once and know that the economy, for all intents and purposes, right now is fairly stagnant and not moving rapidly in the positive direction and that there may be a slight slowdown looming even without the sequester affects. I just don't think they are in touch either and the outcome remains to be seen. I am not sure they are buying it like many of us.
JMHO now please, treat it as such and leave my education, housing, mom, and geographic location out of any responses you may want to pose.
On Planet MMoonbat, an $87 billion trim in bloated government spending is killing jobs.
While a $650 billion tax hike, grows private sector jobs...
Wow.
TTTH----Amy and I generally don't attack people we disagree with. And I'm not sure we are disagreeing here. My point was that many pundits were assuming the sequester would cost jobs and given that assumption didn't seem to be showing much sympathy towards the people who are about to lose their jobs when that loss could have been prevented by Congress.
Exactly, Steeler Fan. My nieces and nephews are only just starting to get on their feet, post-recession, and my brother, in northern Maine, hasn't seen business pick up yet. To hear the the media speak so blithely about people losing their jobs as a result of the sequester cuts, takes my breath away. Especially since politicians keep talking about "jobs, jobs, jobs." I can't shake the feeling that the 1%, including the corporate media, are immune to the effects of a down turn in the economy, and, thus, it isn't real to them. After all, didn't the media just get a huge stimulus from the billionaires funding the political ad campaigns during the last election? No wonder they think government cuts are a big joke.
Steeler - I apologize to both for the implication. I have had a few "conversations" with Amy at least, and you are correct. I have commented on a few other threads this morning and I guess my guard was still up. Thank you.
And Thank you ttth for being civil I just wish that was the norm here.
In recent days the amount of heat on the president with regard to campaign finance has increased what with his new OFA initiative, his inattention to the FEC and Axelrod's tweets (). Do you think that the president will EVER address campaign finance issues directly or will he continue to allow SCOTUS to do the driving?
Is there any expectation among the government's creditors that they will ever be repaid or is collecting interest forever sufficient?
Mark/Domenico:
Paul Ryan has lunch scheduled with President Obama today. Will this lead to Ryan breaking rank with the GOP/TP party and producing a bi-partisan budget proposal, or is this simply an olive branch from the White House leading to another budgetary dead-end?
I guess that might depend on what Obama serves for lunch, hallucinogenic drugs perhaps? Probably just as good a chance that the lunch convinces Obama to side up with the conservatives on the voucher system...
IMHO only, I have never talked to Paul Ryan to know how he thinks.
I understand that Senate rules are created by the Senate every two years; however after seeing Rand Paul participate in an actual filibuster, by holding the floor for 13 hours, I think there may be many Americans that would want to see the rules changed before the next Congress. The practice of the minority not allowing debate to stop without actually debating is frustrating for most people. So my question is, what can be done to change the Senate rules in between sessions of Congress?
Mark/Domenico:
The recent tendency of the President to meet with GOP leaders in a relatively informal setting seems to me to be a reaching out to the other side at least at face value. Do you think that the recent sequester looming and the President's touring of the country has shown him that he needs more to stay in Washington and foster this policy more rather than "taking it to the people" as he did in the weeks prior to the culmination of the sequester? In other words, is he willing now to work with the other branches of Government knowing that he AND they were elected for the people and not for personal agendas and it may be time for him to do a little soul searching and be a little less insistent and indignant on his perceived needs of the US.
The President's "agenda," as you call it, is geting everyone covered by health insurance, investing in infrastructure, and research and development into alternative fuels to save the freaking planet. The Republican agenda is to keep taxes low for the wealthiest 1%, in order to keep those campaign donations flowing, or because they truly believe that the nation as a whole benefits when wealth is concentrated in the hands of 400 families, in which case, they need to prove their argument using facts and figures.
"...research and development into alternative fuels to save the freaking planet."
You mean wasting billions on failed technology? The US only is a small contributor to carbon pollution, Amy, in a decade will only be 7%. Even assuming there is global climate change caused by carbon (questionable to say the least), there is little the US could do by itself anyway.
The greatest contribution to clean air recently has been by the "evil" oil and gas companies...Fracking has led to more use of cleaner natural gas. While your beloved inefficient crony-capitalist government is a great source of flatulent gas.
I don't eat shrimp from the Gulf, and I suggest you skip it also.
Yes I'm trilled to know I will have insurance when I lose my job. According to the stock market the rich have doubled their wealth in the last 4 years.
When will NBC stop its false equivilency regarding the gridlock in Washington. It's been one sided obstruction for over four years by the Republican elected officials. The ironic part is the obstruction isn't issue based. It doesn't matter the issue-if President Obama is for it,the Republicans are against it. They're even against things they used to be for: cap & trade; health insurance mandates; closing tax loop holes and tax givaways; repairing and building roads, bridges and tunnnels; violence against women Act renewal; emergency air to victims of hurricane Sandy, etc, etc, etc.
If NBC has any journalistic integrety, it can't remain silence when it's a choice between fact vs fiction or truth vs lies. It's like remaining neutral in as debate of whether the earth is round or flat.
Did Rand Paul help or hurt his 2016 Presidential prospects with his "real" filibuster?
(Anyone who can go 12 hours without a bathroom break may have real stamina as a campaigner!)
He helped himself with the Tea People. However, main stream America still sees him for what he is.
Is a GOP Presidential prospect better off speaking before the CPAC, or being snubbed by them?
Come one come all to the CPAC Comedy Show Event. For a smack down, gun shoot in, bible thumping, liberal smashing, Obama haten, family values good time!!!
Whoo WEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
That's actually an interesting question GOPC - most of the posts here require a "crystal ball" but I think there could be some historic stats on your question.
Could a discussion of the Constitutionality of the remote possibility of use of drones against American citizens on American soil lead to a renewed discussion on the Constitutionality of the continued lack of due process for the Gitmo detainees?
The civil liberties progressives in the White House want to release the poor Gitmo prisoners..
After release, the Obama agenda for the Gitmo detainees is as follows:
1) the detainees appear on Oprah and blubber about the 'torture' of being limited to basic cable for 8 years and blame the evil George Bush...
2) the detainees go home to a long awaited reunion...where the human rights loving and Nobel Peace Prize winning Obama Administration's unmanned drone will splatter their remains into bite sized pieces...along with their wives, children and anyone else unlucky to be in the vicinity...
...but seriously, aren't you concerned about the lack of due process the Gitmo detainees have received? After all, it's in the Constitution.
Thanks as always for taking the questions guys.
What are the upcoming votes and issues that will bear the most watching in relation to the 2014 midterm elections (both in terms of the primary and general elections)?
Damn and I had dominoes pizza for lunch......
LOL
I can not believe RAND PAUL making a complete AHOLE of himself....yesterday. (I presume every day!!!!!)
Why barely a peep (actually not even) on the GOP's filibuster of Obama's court nominee to the DC Circuit? Especially on the same day the Rand Paul engages in a real (but foolish) filibuster, and Obama takes 12 Senators out to dinner. I don't get it. Does Obama fight for any of his nominees to the court?
(1) Do the Repubs, and Tea bags lose seats, and Dems recover both houses? In 2014???
(2) Will Hillary run for Potus, or not?
1) I hope not.
2) 2008 was her's, but the gentleman in the White House now kicked her under the bus. Eight years waiting to run again has taken it's toll.
Truth is that I, a registered Republican, would have voted for Hillary in 2008. I liked Bill's fiscal policies and am pretty sure hers would have been along the same line.
Question: is there such a thing as an agreed upon budget base line for spending and long tern debt (sustainable I think) based on a size of government approach?
If so what is it? if not why not?
Why do media organizations like MSNBC continue to paint the sequester as a Republican vs. Obama issue when House Republicans have passed a budget and appropriation bills, but the Senate has not passed either? If the Senate would pass a version of both, a joint committee could be formed between the House and Senate to develop compromise legislation that would resolve differences and pass legislation to President Obama for signature and end the sequestration.