Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
Diane Ellis, Ed. ·
Jul 26, 2011 at 1:12pm
The Hill: Conservatives Denounce Boehner Plan
National Journal: Boehner, Cantor Implore Republicans to Support Debt Plan, but Face Opposition
New York Times: Boehner Plan Faces GOP Resistance and Veto Threat
Daily Caller: GOP Divided Over House Speaker John Boehner's Debt Plan
Andrew Stiles, The Corner: Outside Groups Split on Boehner Plan
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Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
Or perhaps they look good for Boehner. Having a bit of heat from the right can be of use as a negotiating tool. Consider the pickle Obama is in. He is losing his base, and the Republicans are ten points ahead of the Democrats with regard to public trust on the economic questions.
Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
Very good point, Professor. Glad you have internet connection in Prague...I was just itching to know your take on this situation.
Mar '11
Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
It's not ideal, but probably the best that can be done until the syphilitic camel takes office on Jan 20, 2013.
May '10
Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
Then again, Allen West, Fred Thompson and Paul ZOMG! Ryan have come out for it. I'd guess (being an expert on these matters, umm) that Boehner loses 20 votes, which is enough for passage, at which point the Reid plan can be safely filibustered.
And then it's on Obama's desk, and we called his bluff of that lame veto threat, with no new taxes and another vote to come in April.
May '11
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Graham Opposes Boehner Plan
By Robert Costa
"Following the meeting, I walked back to the Senate with Graham and spoke with him about his position. He reiterated his themes from the evening’s discussion, saying he was ready to take up arms with the RSC. So it may be news today, but for the past few weeks, Graham has been a vocal member of the “Cut, Cap, and Balance” camp. His appeal to conservatives seems to be working, too, especially as he looks toward reelection in 2014. When I speak to tea-party darlings in the lower chamber these days, they talk about Graham as an ally."
I don't know what this has to say about the likelihood of Boehner's plan passing, but it destroys Karl Rove's supposition that Christine O'Donnell's win in the Republican primary was a disaster for the party.
Things have changed when Lindsay Graham feels like he needs to be to the right of Paul Ryan or Allen West.
Edited on Jul 26, 2011 at 2:49pmDec '10
Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
Southern Pessimist
Things have changed when Lindsay Graham feels like he needs to be to the right of Paul Ryan or Allen West.
Lindsay Graham strikes me as one of the most nearly worthless members of the Republican Senate Caucus. That he occasionally feels enough pressure to do something right is no reason to believe that he can ever learn to do the right thing unprompted.
Dec '10
Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
Agreed. Carping from the Right can be a good thing if Boehner uses it to justify why he can't move any further from the Right's position. However, it's a bad thing if Boehner uses it to justify cutting a mushy deal to get Democrat votes to replace the carpers' votes.
Dec '10
Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
The headline on this post reminds me of the coffee cup/T-shirt/Post-It Note slogan:
"Today's Just Not Your Day. Tomorrow Doesn't Look Good Either."
Apr '11
Re: Today's Headlines Don't Look Good for Boehner
Just a reminder. The National Debt has continued to increase an average of $3.82 billion per day since September 28, 2007!
The so called cuts in the Boehner proposal amount to $120 billion annually and many of them are Easter Bunny cuts. You will see these cuts the same time as you see the Easter Bunny.
$3.82 billion a day X 365 days in a year = $1,394.30 billion we are currently borrowing each year. So after all the smoke and mirrors we will still, in the very best case, be borrowing $1,274.30 billion dollars a year.
Apr '11
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Then there is this. I caught Senator Rand Paul talking on the radio this morning and he pointed out an important fact. We all must remember that any cuts mentioned by the President or congressional leaders are taken from a baseline budget. Now we plain speaking folks think a cut is a cut. You cut $1.20 from an amount and you end up with $1.20 less, right? Not in Washington, DC. The baseline budget being used in Washington, DC as we speak calls for +$10 trillion increase over ten years. So the if the Boehner plan, for instance, calls for $1.2 trillion in cuts what we are actually talking about is cutting $1.2 trillion from a $10 trillion increase. Or, putting it another way, they are cutting a $10 trillion increase to a $8.8 trillion increase. So a $1.2 trillion cut is actually a $8.8 trillion increase.
http://paul.senate.gov/?p=press_release&id=258