Category Archives: senate
Bluff
The president admitted that he’s bluffing on the debt ceiling by ordering Eric Cantor not to call him on it. Mitch McConnell acknowledged he doesn’t have the votes for the cuts Republicans want, so he offered a complicated “fallback” plan. McConnell’s plan let’s Obama have his way with Congress but Republicans get to vote against it. Theoretically, that would be useful next election, provided voters can figure what the hell he’s talking about.
More Sacred Bull
The president is sharing the sacrificial bull till the sacred cows come home. He has the Republicans where he wants em, continue building on his 24% grab of the economy or take the blame for a social security scare.
Lockdown
The Democrats accused the Republicans of murdering women and children. The president scolded everyone and called for grownups. Meanwhile Paul Ryan slipped through the back door with a plan to rein in entitlements with $6 trillion in cuts through 2021.
Poetic Justice
Looks like Congress is going to have to balance the budget one Cowboy Poetry Festival at a time. That’s where Harry Reid has drawn his budget cut line in the sand.
Or as Mark Steyn put it,
Once upon a time, the cowboy embodied the rugged individualism of the frontier. In Harry Reid’s world, he embodies dependency without end.
Here’s the rundown in The Week.
