We’ve almost seen two debt deals come together in the last week. One late last week right before Obama demanded more revenue and another this Sunday when Obama demanded Sen. Reid back away from a short term proposal. Both deals were scuttled by a President looking out for his reelection prospects as concern #1.
As many have noted, even Democrats in the Senate realize tax increases are off the table, but with a week to go Obama is content to pitch bombs at any bipartisan efforts that don’t make him look good as he heads into 2012.
He’s a divider, not a uniter.
O’Reilly did a pretty good job of pointing this out last night. He’s got some good lines here. I especially like this one: “You can’t owe 14 and a half trillion dollars and be fighting about spending cuts. That’s insane.” It’s the sort of man-on-the-street rhetoric O’Reilly often uses, but in this case it couldn’t be more true:
The best thing the President could do right now is spend a week golfing and let the divided Congress handle this without him. With the divider out of the way, maybe the Congress can get this done.
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