Rove: Repubs have given Obama a silver platter

The Tea Party types have really stepped in it this time. When the Wall Street Journal pans Republicans, you know they screwed up big.
People who refuse to compromise should not be in Congress, because our system of government mandates compromise to achieve anything.
The Democrats and the President compromised on this budget plan, adding the Republican requested pipeline bill to the budget, which they did not want to do, and it should not be in there, it should be voted on separately for its own merits. Then the bill passed overwhelmingly as a bi-partisan compromise in the Senate, having included what Republicans asked.
So then the House Tea Partiers shaft the deal, move the goalposts back once again, and refuse to vote on the bill.
They are getting blasted by their own party, the Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove, it's coming from all directions.
I'm enjoying every minute of it, and I hope they go down swinging by refusing to pass the bill. They will pay in November.
I'm fairly certain they will have to bite the bullet and re-convene to pass the two-month budget and middle-class tax cut extention, though. They couldn't continue to be that stupid, could they?
 
1) It's not a tax cut at all, but a short funding of the Socail Security System. Really dumb.
2) Why do anything like this for 2 months? That makes no sense.
I'd imagine that will be hell for a lot of payroll systems.

It may be a bad move politically, but sometimes stupid legislation just needs to die, politics be damned. I have to congratulate the Tea Party folks for standing firm.
 
isn't 12 months longer than 2 months?
why yes , yes it is
so the house {ubs are trying to get a 12 month extension of the ss fee stoppage.
even the stupiiest among us know 12 mons is longer than 2 mons.
Nevermind that independent organizations have pointed out putting a 2 mon extension in place is costly.
 
You are right. Extending it for two months makes no sense. But neither does adding some pipe line agreement to it. Basically what makes sense is that this is the only game in twon right now. Its a bad bill. But when one party vows that its goal is to take a president down you come up with crappy legislation. And now that is what we have. And it looks like the Tea Party got outsmarted by the incompetent Marxist, socialist inexperienced you fill in the ______. Oh well. And you really think they can lead the country? After all, this is the crowd that brought you W, fiscal irresponsibility, and the dumbest war in the history of the history of the republic.
 
Right or wrong, my big complaint is that everything both sides do is based on political points. Yes, I realize that's how it works in D.C. but it seems far worse these days.
 
Compromise in this country has really helped, should we talk about the 3/5ths compromise and the over 600,000 dead americans?

Obamacare, there was bunch of compromise in that bill.

Obamulus, a whole bunch more of compromise there.

Compromise is one thing but compromise to put something off onto someone else is ********. Majority Rules and to be honest with you the majority of this country could give a rats *** about the Payroll tax. The only reason this is an issue is because the media has nothing else to write about.
 
Our constitution was written to ensure compromise. It's in our national DNA. The consistitution was arrived upon through the GREAT Compromise. The only alternative to some form of compromise would be an authoritarian dicatorship. Is that what you want?
 
Just make it 12 months and cut out some food stamp funding to pay for it.
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Maybe one of you bleeding hearts can explain to me how a 2 month extension that can't even be implemented is a compromise.

The House approved 12 mos. A compromise would look more like 6 mos, wouldn't it?
 
The "Payroll Tax Cut" of 2011, or whatever the hell it was called, was not a tax cut at all but rather a reduction in the funding mechanism for an entitlement program that is in some financial peril already. It was a bad idea and if the two sides cannot agree on how to extend it, then so be it. As far as what happens in November, I can assure you that most Americans will not even remember this silly back and forth. Karl Rove is a political strategist but he is hardly an authority on good government policy making.
 
Compromise over the past 50 years has gotten us what $15T in debt?

Even if Obama wins, the Republilcans will hold the House and looks like the Senate as well. The Tea Party is growing stronger and stronger and will have very influential sway over the Republicans. If Obama wins, this gridlock will look like nothing at all.
 
What is the purpose of extending the SS cutback? To help people whgo are hurting by giving them more money. right?

The pipeline will add thousands and direct jobs and thousands more ancillary jobs which does What? HELP people in need.
Seema pretty logical to vote on helping people employed and people unemployed.
So the Republicans are fighting for ALL Americans.


Wht did Bo refuse to even discuss anything with Boehner? Where is the compromise in that? obamites love to complain the GOp doesn't comproise but here is that slimeball BO refusing to even have a discussion.
compromise is NOT a one way street.
 
News is just breaking that the Houae will agree to the 60 day extension BUt rewrite part pf the language to ease difficulties businesses would have had implementing it
AND getting Redit to agree to start work on a full year extension, which is what the GOP wanted.

No thanks to you 0dumbo
 
"So the Republicans are fighting for ALL Americans. "

As long as you fit their definition. And I never knew a pipeline would have such a tremendous affect. I thought you all were against government sponsored economic interventions?
 
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Seriously? are you really serious?
You posted, " And I never knew a pipeline would have such a tremendous affect. I thought you all were against government sponsored economic interventions? "

Wow and Torbush

Do you have any idea how the keystone pipeline would be built?
 
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