"...a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said the speaker and President Obama have not had any recent talks about the fiscal fights ahead, and there are no meetings yet scheduled."

"White House chief of staff Denis McDonough conferred Thursday with a group of senators that includes at least Sens. Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, Bob Corker of Tennessee, Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and John McCain of Arizona.

The White House views these lawmakers as the most likely allies...."

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/polit...ngress/2727045/

The White House is afraid of Mighty John Boehner!

Republicans, led by Mightty John Boehner, are doing on the Debt Ceiling limit what all the fringeballs are demanding they do on the CR (Obamacare defunding)....the Republicans are publicly insisting that they don't want a crisis so, therefore, if one occurs over the Debt Ceiling issue Obama will be blamed.

Since you're very vehemently in favor of this strategy regarding the CR, you should be equally dogmatic and supportive of MJB using the same approach on the Debt Ceiling issue.

Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #4

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Bo(eh)ner said he doesn't want to fight on this.

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Quote: Eglman wrote in post #6

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Budget talks break down

I know this comes as a complete shock to you, given the past success in passing budgets during this administration … oh, wait …

Zitat

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The Obama administration and a group of Republican senators abandoned efforts Thursday to hammer out a budget deal and avoid a showdown over the national debt, saying they had failed to resolve their long-standing dispute over taxes.

“It’s very evident that there just isn’t common ground at present and we’ve all agreed there’s no reason for these talks to continue,” Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said after attending the group’s final session at the White House.

Asked what happens next, Corker said, “I have no idea.”

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Unfortunately, I do. That is if history is any guide. Politics. There’ll be a “war” over raising the ceiling of the national debt which Republicans will eventually lose. The Republican House will pass a budget that will die in the Democratic Senate. And we’ll again wander through the year with government funded through continuing resolutions but no plan. In the meantime both sides will complain about each other and how the other side is the source of all spending problems.

Did I miss anything?

Zitat

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The end of the talks comes just over a week before Congress is to return from its summer break to confront a series of imminent deadlines, including the risk of a government shutdown Oct. 1 and potential default on the national debt a few weeks after that.

President Obama and his team began meeting with eight GOP senators earlier this summer in hopes of reaching an agreement to raise the $16.7 trillion debt limit and replace sharp automatic budget cuts known as the sequester.

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So prepare for the usual political circus and brinksmanship. Prepare for the propaganda war aided and abetted by a compliant White House press corps. And prepare for more spending, a higher debt ceiling and the usual whining from the usual subjects about how they tried but couldn’t do the job.

Cynical?

Not really. As I said, history is my guide.

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/08/30/bu...lks-break-down/

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I was just wondering if you've ever proposed a solution for anything?

P.S.
Mighty John Boehner won the sequester battle!

Quote: Frank Cannon wrote in post #9

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Quote: Cedric wrote in post #7

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I was just wondering if you've ever proposed a solution for anything?

P.S.
Mighty John Boehner won the sequester battle!

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You are asking that of the people who have the only plan on the table for defeating Zerocare?

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