FLASHBACK: Boehner abruptly withdraws from talks with Obama

[jefferson_dem]

If S&P downgrades, this is the tipping point we can never let them forget: http://news.yahoo.com/boehner-abruptly-withdraws-talks-obama-225057764.html

[bvar22]

1. Those were the "talks" where President Obama...

..DOUBLED the offer for Spending Cuts, and put Social Security & Medicare On the Table.

The RIGHT is already crediting Boehner for Saving Social Security by walking out.
The Campaign Commercials are already in the can.

I won't forget.




Who will STAND and FIGHT for THIS American Majority?
You will know them by their WORKS,
not by their excuses.

[jefferson_dem]

4. Focus.

We're talking about the reported likelihood of downgrade by S&P. Regardless of what you personnaly thought about the "grand bargain", any chance of striking such a deal ended with Boner's walk out. Based on what you are claiming about entitlement spending, and the information below, how could the blame NOT rest with him?

ABC News reports: “A government official tells ABC News that the federal government is expecting and preparing for bond rating agency Standard & Poor’s to downgrade the rating of US debt from its current AAA value.” Among the reasons cited will be “Republicans saying that they refuse to accept any tax increases as part of a larger deal.”

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/08/05/289771/report-sp-to-downgrade-u-s-credit-will-cite-gop-refusal-to-raise-taxes/

[robinlynne]

2. It just doesnt work that way.

[jefferson_dem]

5. Meh...

Not sure what "it" is ... but sure.

[robinlynne]

6. the media, the public, the perception of events.

[Maven]

3. Yeah, uh, no.