Is John Boehner in over his head?

The two-month increment is the very definition of kicking the can, but the Tehadists will absolutely never allow anything to be passed which would kick the can past the next election and remove their ability to flog the M.N. around the head and neck with it 24/7 until November.

 

Looks like the GOP out-foxed the Democrats yet again.

Rather than vote simply to reject the Senate's extension bill, House Republicans used a parliamentary maneuver to both reject the bill and simultaneously refer it to a conference committee with the Senate. The goal of this maneuver is two-fold: to give those opposed to extending the payroll tax cut political cover and put the ball back in the Democrats' court. Now, if the Senate Democrats don't cave to the House GOP's demands, the theory goes, Democrats can get blamed for the tax cuts expiring.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/12/house-gop-coalesces-around-plan-to-reject-bipartisan-payroll-tax-compromise.php

Now let's see if Harry Reid sticks to his guns, or if he and the Democrats cave yet again to be "the adults in the room." My money is on the latter.

 

As I recall during Bush years we kept hearing about the increasing deficit and how how social security would be bankrupt. Now the House Republicans are trying to do something about it and they are being taken to task.

 

The Democrats won't get the blame; the blame has already been set in stone, against Boehner and the Tea Party, thanks to the 90 votes (including, what, 40-something Republicans?) in the Senate.

 

I applaud Boehner and group for not wanting to kick the can down the road again. At some point someone has to make a stand.

 

So were you booing him on Friday when he agreed to the deal, according to plenty of Senate Republicans?

 

Honestly did not start following until yesterday. Since August I've tried to
pay as little attention to Washington as possible.

 

So agree to extend the payroll tax cut for a much longer time, like the Bush tax cuts for his rich friends.

Or make it permanent, like Ronnie Reagan did when he virtually doubled the payroll tax back in the Reagan recession. Apparently he didn't get the memo you can't raise taxes in a recession.

In the meantime, millions of Americans (like me) will see their paycheck take a hit, thanks to House Republicans. Some will forget, because they're teabagging sheep. Other will remember who again screwed the middle and lower classes.

 

What they're doing has nothing to do with Social Security. They want nothing positive to be passed that the M.N. can possibly take any credit for.

 

What does M.N. stand for?

 

People that all of Bitch McConnell's devoted admirers from Western Kentucky want no part of, ever.