tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325946921914725798.post2788157543269554538..comments2023-11-02T05:18:09.506-07:00Comments on Welcome to 270 Electoral Votes: We No Longer Have Two PartiesLarry Beckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00276802060490643458noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325946921914725798.post-47694522043290338412016-09-08T00:35:23.410-07:002016-09-08T00:35:23.410-07:00Discover how 1,000's of people like YOU are ma...Discover how <b>1,000's</b> of people like YOU are <b>making a LIVING from home</b> and are living their dreams <b>right NOW</b>.<br /><br />Get daily ideas and guides for earnings <b>THOUSAND OF DOLLARS per day</b> ONLINE for FREE. <br /><br /><b><a href="http://syntaxlinks.com/money/?promotion=blogspot" rel="nofollow">SUBSCRIBE TODAY</a></b>Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325946921914725798.post-80611946790411176542011-07-13T17:35:38.331-07:002011-07-13T17:35:38.331-07:00It does appear from this NYT article this afternoo...It does appear from this NYT article this afternoon that McConnell is genuinely concerned about the fallout for Republicans if something isn't done about the debt limit. I take the infighting among Republicans as a good sign generally. And despite the unpopularity of the measure, I'd prefer Obama to raise the debt ceiling unilaterally to the give aways on spending in 'the grand bargin'.<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/14/us/politics/14fiscal.html?hp&gwh=86086C54DED32749B103621CF7659C7ERuss deForesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090142778708039194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325946921914725798.post-5498233494814891262011-07-13T17:09:24.824-07:002011-07-13T17:09:24.824-07:00McConnell's plan to let Obama shoulder all the...McConnell's plan to let Obama shoulder all the responsibility for raising the debt limit seems a lot more reasonable from this point of view. As much as it's designed to let Republicans completely off the hook for their own self-inflicted crisis, it does seem like this House just isn't going to move any reasonable bill. The Bachmann wing of the party doesn't have enough economic sense to run a town the size of Wasilla.Russ deForesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16090142778708039194noreply@blogger.com