Ignored By Media - Republicans Lied About Compromising On Revenue

[TomCADem]

I see that the media, even "liberal" outlets, have started to buy into the idea that its the Democrats fault that Republicans are being intransient. Rather than holding Republicans accountable, the media and even liberals blame Democrats. So, after President Obama offers a compromise on entitlements, the media focuses on the opposition the President has received while ignoring the fact that Republicans are once again rejecting compromises that they previously offered:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2013/04/05/another-moment-of-real-clarity-in-the-fiscal-debate/

You’ll be startled to hear that John Boehner has declared that Obama’s budget offer of Chained CPI, Medicare cuts that include means testing, and other spending cuts is not good enough:

“If the president believes these modest entitlement savings are needed to help shore up these programs, there’s no reason they should be held hostage for more tax hikes,” Boehner said in a statement. “That’s no way to lead and move the country forward.”

The curious thing about this is that Republicans previously said they wanted these things as proof that Obama is “serious” about cutting spending. In late December, a Boehner aide told Bloomberg News that the Speaker wanted Chained CPI more than other entitlement cuts, such as raising the Medicare eligibility age, as the two were negotiation over a possible cuts-for-revenues swap to avert the fiscal cliff.

And in late November, Mitch McConnell explicitly told the Wall Street Journal that if Obama offered entitlement changes such as Chained CPI and Medicare means testing, Republicans would consider new revenue. He actually said this: “those are the kinds of things that would get Republicans interested in new revenue.”

Apparently none of this remains operative. And so we have a moment of clarity in this debate once again: There is literally nothing that Obama can offer Republicans — not even things they themselves have asked for — that would induce them to agree to a compromise on new revenues.

[LongTomH]

1. So what else is news?

Really, what did you expect -- from either the M$M or the Repukes?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

2. Time and time again

Republicans fail to negotiate in good faith. Problem is that Democrats have nobody else to negotiate with

[TomCADem]

3. In California, voters finally held them accountable and voted them out

California requires a 2/3 supermajority on many budget matters. For years, Republicans simply refused to negoatiate in good faith and blamed Democats for refusing to compromise. Finally, last year, California voters simply voted Republicans out. This is what we need to do on a national level.