President Obama’s embrace of a bipartisan breakthrough on contentious debt talks may have doomed the deal.
Obama went out of his way to hail a $4 trillion proposal unveiled Tuesday by a bipartisan “Gang of Six” senators, calling it “a very significant step” that mirrors the balanced, pain-for-all approach he has pressed in negotiations to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and curb runaway spending.
But a high-ranking Republican aide told Politico.com that Obama’s cheerleading would immediately turn off conservatives in the Republican-controlled House.
“Background guidance: The President killed any chance of its success by 1) Embracing it. 2) Hailing the fact that it increases taxes. 3) Saying it mirrors his own plan,” a GOP leadership aide e-mailed to Politico’s Playbook.
Obama Thursday had crowed about the prospects of the “Gang of Six” deal crafted by Democratic Sens. Dick Durbin (Ill.), Kent Conrad (N.D.) and Mark Warner (Va.), and GOPers Tom Coburn (Okla.), Mike Crapo (Idaho) and Saxby Chmabliss (Ga.).
Why GOP sucks. What difference would it make if Obama endorses this?
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Glad to see that all the rich people are gonna literally force the collapse of the economy bc they don’t wanna pay more...
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I’m sure the Dems have been guilty of bullshit like this too. Sad reality is these politicians care more about making...
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President Obama’s embrace of a bipartisan breakthrough on contentious debt talks may have doomed the deal. Obama went...
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Republicans do not want what is best for the country, they want what is worst for democrats. If that means the American...
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seriously? seriously. stop acting like children, GOP.
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quelle surprise!
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I would think because obama endorsed it, isn’t as big an issue as the media makes it out. I’m gonna call BS on whatever...
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The politicians of the most powerful nation in the world are acting like toddlers. It fills me with so much confidence...
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I’m running out of ways to say how pissed off I am about this whole situation.
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Why GOP sucks. What difference would it make if Obama endorses this?
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