Democrats Dare GOP to Provoke Another Debt Crisis

[babylonsister]

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/10/14/democrats_dare_gop_to_provoke_another_debt_crisis.html


October 14, 2013

Democrats Dare GOP to Provoke Another Debt Crisis


A Senate Democratic aide tells Greg Sargent that they want the debt ceiling lifted for about 9 months -- until early summer -- with the idea being that the closer to the 2014 elections we get, the harder it will be for Republicans to stage another debt ceiling hostage crisis."

Said the aide: "The effect of this fight has been to destroy the Republican brand and put their 2014 candidates behind the eight ball. We are not trying to bait them into another fight. We'd rather put it past the election. But it's really up to them. If they want to recommit political suicide a few months before an election, that's going to be their choice. We're going to make sure that if this happens it has real consequences for them."

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

[Buddaman]

2. Precisely!!! nt

[Cha]

3. Fingers Crossed, babylonsistah..

I'm sooo tired of stressing out over will we have money coming in or NOT?

[Warren DeMontague]

4. I think they've pushed the American people about as far as we're willing to go.

We're calling their bluff.

[davidwparker]

18. +1

Just like any bully ... call their bluff.

[ruffburr]

5. What worry's me-

Is that these people are not sane, IE: Gomert, Cruz,Ryan, And so many more like Bachman, Palin, the list goes on,So when looking at defeat will they go kamikaze on the whole country,And I'm with you i 'm not sure WTF to do if monies don't come in kept my credit through heart failures and un-employment This might do me in, Just when i was digging out too.

[yuiyoshida]

6. The Democrats have done what we have always wanted...

[font color="black" size="10" face="face"]Go ahead, step over it![/font]

[NBachers]

7. With a grave for them to fall into if they step over.

[kardonb]

10. grave

they have already dug it pretty deep , so there is room for all of them to spare .

[liberalmuse]

8. I'm done with this shit.

The next time, I'm flying to DC and the first thing I'm going to do is go to the supermarket and purchase mass quantities of eggs.

[babylonsister]

9. Ha! I might join you!

[IrishAyes]

11. Batter up!

Send somebody by my house and I'll go with you. My aim's returning since I've been pitching ball for Brigid, my JRT. Still got a bad left slice, but I know how to correct for it.

[TxDemChem]

12. Lol, you know they really have done themselves a disservice.

They could give a short term debt ceiling increase and piss of the dems and perhaps ore moderate Repubs, or they could go for a long-term deal and piss off their base.

My family has a saying: Never start a fight. And if you do, make sure you have a clean way out.

[1StrongBlackMan]

13. I’m all for transparency and all; but …

That “Senate Democratic Aide” would be looking for a job … unless for some unfathomable reason, the Democratic Senate okayed discussing Democratic strategy.

Republican players have, to this point, displayed a stunning lack of extrapolating to the end, Democratic moves. Why tell them?

[IdaBriggs]

15. Because if we want it, maybe they'll extend it.

"Don't throw me into that briar patch by taking this off the table before elections" and all?

[blue-wave]

14. Regardless Of Any New Debt Ceiling Deadline Date

During the 2014 mid-terms, the dems need to remind every voter across our great land of the unpatriotic vitriol we have witnessed from the repuks these past few weeks. Pound on this over and over and over again. They are bringing our country and the world to the brink of horrific financial disaster, let them taste defeat which hasn't been witnessed since the days of FDR.

[Qutzupalotl]

16. This is all contingent upon us still having a country

and an economy that has not devolved into a barter system by next year.

I'm all for letting Republicans screw themselves, but first things first: we have to raise (or eliminate) the debt ceiling so as not to trigger default.

[davidwparker]

17. K&R

Right. On.