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Shitty Politico headline
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79718.html?hp=f3
Dems want debate question barred
Some Democratic lawmakers want to make sure that one question does not get asked at the upcoming first presidential debate - about Simpson-Bowles.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79718.html#ixzz23ZWrh3SZ
Dems want debate question barred
Some Democratic lawmakers want to make sure that one question does not get asked at the upcoming first presidential debate - about Simpson-Bowles.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0812/79718.html#ixzz23ZWrh3SZ
Bull fucking shit. They just don't want the debate to be a push-poll.
The Hill does much better
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/budget/243645-house-dems-to-debate-moderators-dont-focus-on-bowles-simpson
House Dems to debate moderators: Don't focus on Bowles-Simpson
A trio of House Democrats is urging moderators at this fall’s presidential debates to look beyond the Bowles-Simpson deficit plan when they ask domestic policy questions.
Reps. Mike Honda (Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) and Jan Schakowsky (Ill.) say the plan from the president’s fiscal commission is just one path for reining in deficits and aiding the economic recovery – and is deeply flawed, to boot.
“Our country’s economic outlook remains at the forefront of voters’ minds, and it is critical that each candidate discuss what his plans to continue our economic recovery are if elected president,” the three lawmakers wrote Tuesday to the chairmen of the presidential debate commission.
“However, it also is critical that this complex and multifaceted issue not be unnecessarily narrowed by focusing merely on one possible plan to the exclusion of other viable solutions.”
The letter from the three Democrats’ is the latest push from the left to ensure that more liberal methods for stabilizing the federal debt are considered this campaign season.
House Dems to debate moderators: Don't focus on Bowles-Simpson
A trio of House Democrats is urging moderators at this fall’s presidential debates to look beyond the Bowles-Simpson deficit plan when they ask domestic policy questions.
Reps. Mike Honda (Calif.), Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) and Jan Schakowsky (Ill.) say the plan from the president’s fiscal commission is just one path for reining in deficits and aiding the economic recovery – and is deeply flawed, to boot.
“Our country’s economic outlook remains at the forefront of voters’ minds, and it is critical that each candidate discuss what his plans to continue our economic recovery are if elected president,” the three lawmakers wrote Tuesday to the chairmen of the presidential debate commission.
“However, it also is critical that this complex and multifaceted issue not be unnecessarily narrowed by focusing merely on one possible plan to the exclusion of other viable solutions.”
The letter from the three Democrats’ is the latest push from the left to ensure that more liberal methods for stabilizing the federal debt are considered this campaign season.
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