If Obama pushes for a 4 trillion dollar debt limit deal and the GOP scuttle it does the GOP lose

[applegrove]

their reputation as fiscal conservatives? I think so.

[Broderick]

1. I am getting to the point

that I think everyone loses.

[av8rdave]

2. They could lose it

They could also cause all hell to break loose.

[mike_c]

5. well done....

Subtle, too! Hats off!

[applegrove]

6. Is it my spelling issues?

[mike_c]

7. yes, but av8rdave turned it into a sweet pun....

lose, loose-- it's a common mistake and I'm sure everyone knows what you meant-- but Dave's pun was just too good not to comment on! No offense intended to you!

[applegrove]

9. I fixed it. Thing is I spelt it correctly a little earlier but when i am not thinking I always make

that mistake. Struggle4Progress has pointed it out to me before. I'm terrible. Sorry.

[av8rdave]

11. I've done the very same. For some reason, I was feeling witty with my reply

I'm rarely witty.

[Zenlitened]

3. Possible. But Dems will have to stand up and say so, loudly and repeatedly. - n/t

[DearAbby]

4. The longer this drags on

and the obvious civil war within the GOP party. I wouldn't be surprise to see Yertle the Turtle pleads with Obama to do the 14th amendment. We are in crisis, these people are NUTZ.

They lost it already when they lost control of their party. Cantor's actions are becoming crystal clear.

[Marr]

8. If Obama pushes for a 4 trillion dollar debt limit deal, does he implicitly endorse

the claim that spending cuts are the solution, rather than spending? I think so.

This cuts both ways. A Democratic president who adopts the right-wing economic philosophy is undermining the left in a very broad, profound way.

[girl gone mad]

10. The President has lost too much credibility here, unfortunately.

The deficit is an effect of the weak economy, not the cause. The President has done very little on jobs and now he is pushing for spending cuts, which are economically the same as tax increases. He's pushing to "trim" entitlements in order to net $1 Trillion after his administration provided $13 Trillion in Wall Street bailouts. His supporters had better hope the GOP scuttles any significant deal or he's going to be running for re-election in the midst of a very bad downturn.