Green Energy
Actually a series of quotations (hat tip to Mike's America):
“Obama’s been virtually absent from the legislative process” of replacing his sequester, reports Politico. After getting the $600 billion in tax hikes he wanted last month (with no spending cuts), “there has been no discernible effort by the White House to work on a bill that might pass.”
“The Obama administration seems to be spending far more time warning of the consequences of the sequester — and blaming Republicans for it — than engaging in actual negotiations that would prevent it,” says ABC News.
“The president hasn’t actually come up with a proposal to avert sequestration,” says David Brooks in the New York Times, “let alone one that is politically plausible.”
“Tuesday's event had the feeling of a campaign commercial that went too far to be believed,” says the Los Angeles Times.
Politico says calls to GOP leaders were “perfunctory,” meant to “inoculate” the president from criticism that he’s campaigning instead of urging Senate Democrats to follow the House and pass legislation replacing his sequester. Their headline asks, “Is President Obama overplaying sequester hand?”
Meanwhile, this morning the mainstream media are so thrilled that Michelle Obama appeared at yesterday's Oscar Awards and, a day or so earlier, danced with Jimmy Fallon.
- The Mother Jones (3 Sd To The Left Of The Nation) View Of This Mess
Kevin Drum:As several people have pointed out to me, my headline this morning ("The Republican Defeat in the Budget Deal Was Complete and Total") is satisfying but not entirely true. After all, Republicans did get a continuing resolution...
- I Know Am Cynical, But I Do Not Buy The Positive Hype This Weekend Over The Debt Ceiling/shutdown
News outlets are now reporting that the president and Harry Reid have REJECTED the compromise worked out by Joe Manchin and Susan Collins.This would have opened the govt, continued spending at present (sequestered) levels through March, and given us until...
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Some dumb motherfuckers need to remember that The White House belongs to WE THE PEOPLE. Restricting OUR access to OUR property merely to make a political point is as cynical as it gets. Barack Fucking Obama is merely the current tenant of record. And...
- Sequestration Reality Check
With a hat tip to Randy's Roundtable for the graphic below: From Bob Woodward's February 22, 2013 essay about sequestration: In fact, the final deal reached between Vice President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2011...
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Family feud: Nancy Pelosi at odds with President ObamaFrom Politico: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s increasingly public disagreements with President Barack Obama are a reflection of something deeper: the seething resentment some Democrats feel over what...
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Quotation Of The Day
Actually a series of quotations (hat tip to Mike's America):
“Obama’s been virtually absent from the legislative process” of replacing his sequester, reports Politico. After getting the $600 billion in tax hikes he wanted last month (with no spending cuts), “there has been no discernible effort by the White House to work on a bill that might pass.”“The Obama administration seems to be spending far more time warning of the consequences of the sequester — and blaming Republicans for it — than engaging in actual negotiations that would prevent it,” says ABC News.
“The president hasn’t actually come up with a proposal to avert sequestration,” says David Brooks in the New York Times, “let alone one that is politically plausible.”
“Tuesday's event had the feeling of a campaign commercial that went too far to be believed,” says the Los Angeles Times.
Politico says calls to GOP leaders were “perfunctory,” meant to “inoculate” the president from criticism that he’s campaigning instead of urging Senate Democrats to follow the House and pass legislation replacing his sequester. Their headline asks, “Is President Obama overplaying sequester hand?”
Meanwhile, this morning the mainstream media are so thrilled that Michelle Obama appeared at yesterday's Oscar Awards and, a day or so earlier, danced with Jimmy Fallon.
- The Mother Jones (3 Sd To The Left Of The Nation) View Of This Mess
Kevin Drum:As several people have pointed out to me, my headline this morning ("The Republican Defeat in the Budget Deal Was Complete and Total") is satisfying but not entirely true. After all, Republicans did get a continuing resolution...
- I Know Am Cynical, But I Do Not Buy The Positive Hype This Weekend Over The Debt Ceiling/shutdown
News outlets are now reporting that the president and Harry Reid have REJECTED the compromise worked out by Joe Manchin and Susan Collins.This would have opened the govt, continued spending at present (sequestered) levels through March, and given us until...
-
Some dumb motherfuckers need to remember that The White House belongs to WE THE PEOPLE. Restricting OUR access to OUR property merely to make a political point is as cynical as it gets. Barack Fucking Obama is merely the current tenant of record. And...
- Sequestration Reality Check
With a hat tip to Randy's Roundtable for the graphic below: From Bob Woodward's February 22, 2013 essay about sequestration: In fact, the final deal reached between Vice President Biden and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in 2011...
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Family feud: Nancy Pelosi at odds with President ObamaFrom Politico: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s increasingly public disagreements with President Barack Obama are a reflection of something deeper: the seething resentment some Democrats feel over what...