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The hunt for Politico’s fiscal-cliff BS detector

BS Spin #1: From a “Top Democratic aide”–

“Why or how can we be expected to negotiate anything with McConnell if Boehner can’t agree or, even worse, deliver votes.”

Huh? Boehner could only deliver 150-160 Republican votes for his “Plan B” package (of the 217 he needed). So you negotiate a compromise plan that will get 120 GOP votes and 100 or so Democratic votes, or some similar combination. That’s not an unreasonable “expectation” at this point.

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Boehner could only deliver 150-160 Republican votes for his “Plan B” package (of the 217 he needed). So you negotiate a compromise plan that will get 120 GOP votes and 100 or so Democratic votes, or some similar combination. That’s not an unreasonable “expectation” at this point.

If Boehner does that – then HE will own the negative outcomes of such a “compromise” as much as Obama does.

I hope he does it – it will split the GOP apart and then we can all go on to the next thing – a party that can DO SOMETHING.

HondaV65 on December 24, 2012 at 7:00 PM

Unless the author meant “BS Generator,”, it’s going to be a long search for something that isn’t there.

RoadRunner on December 24, 2012 at 7:50 PM