Conn Carroll
What do Republicans want from debt-ceiling negotiations?
In other words, no, Republicans have no idea what they want to ask for in the upcoming debt limit debate. Yes, they want all the entitlement reforms in the Ryan budget, which are specific enough, but the Harry Reid Senate is never going to pass that budget and Obama would never sign it. So what, realistically, should Republicans insist on?
Nobody seems to know.
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I thought they wanted to push Grandma off the cliff.
forest on January 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM
to raise the debt ceiling…
equanimous on January 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Stop Spending! Stop Spending! Stop Spending!
gophergirl on January 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM
Favorable press?
ShainS on January 4, 2013 at 12:52 PM
So what?
Pass the Ryan budget, and let the 0bama regime reject it. The government shutdown would be on their heads then.
Grow a pair GOP, let it burn.
Rebar on January 4, 2013 at 12:53 PM
They want everyone (except their base) to love them and praise them.
RoadRunner on January 4, 2013 at 12:55 PM
How about a good cry?
forest on January 4, 2013 at 1:00 PM
To tell Harry Reid to go Eff himself??
Oh wait, they already did that…..
..sorry, I got nothin….
ToddPA on January 4, 2013 at 1:00 PM
Tears
CW20 on January 4, 2013 at 1:00 PM
When top level people look down,they see only sh*theads;
When the bottom level people look up,they see only azzholes.
Schadenfreude on January 4, 2013 at 1:01 PM
Meaningful spending cuts, period.
tommy71 on January 4, 2013 at 1:02 PM
To still be alive at the end of them.
tbrosz on January 4, 2013 at 1:03 PM
How about delaying the legislation for 6 more months?
BobMbx on January 4, 2013 at 1:12 PM
The GOP will get no entitlement reform, no balanced budget but they will get lets say 2 trillion in tax cuts over 10 years, most of which will be slated do occur in the out years and after it’s signed into law the CBO will finally score it and determine it’s actually a spending increase.
gwelf on January 4, 2013 at 1:14 PM
Rand Paul’s approach: insist on a balanced budget or no debt ceiling raise.
gwelf on January 4, 2013 at 1:15 PM
Here’s a novel idea: How about we NOT raise the debt ceiling and force the government to live within its means?
Othniel on January 4, 2013 at 1:23 PM
Tacos.
The Rogue Tomato on January 4, 2013 at 1:46 PM
Well, the Democrats are offering tacos that crap ice cream to everyone who earns less than $200k.
forest on January 4, 2013 at 2:16 PM
Too fool their base into believing they want small government. (suckers…)
elfman on January 4, 2013 at 2:43 PM
It’s really very simple. Pass a “we pay our obligations, interest and principal on the national debt”…..and LEAVE TOWN. There is NO other business until that’s passed by the Senate and signed by the President.
Then, “we support our military in the field — no future procurement, but fully fund the rest” (for a couple of years, maybe)….and just walk away. Reid and Obama can sign it, or shut the entire government down.
Step 3: “the CBO says we’ll get $X, after #1 and #2, we’ll have $Y left — we propose it go to these things: A, B, C….” Then happily stay in session and rename post-offices and pass laws against TSA abuse, or whatever they usually do to pass the time.
Step 4: Every time the Senate whinges about “you didn’t spend enough on XXX”, tell ‘em to fix it and punt it back to you — then pass something with XXX that eviscerates YYY and say, “you didn’t send us a BUDGET, you sent us a “fund XXX” message. We funded XXX.
Note: NEVER pass anything besides a balanced budget.
cthulhu on January 4, 2013 at 11:47 PM