TagsTagsTea Party Republicans can shrug, dodge, divert, hem, and haw all they want, but the senior director for Standard & Poor's left little doubt today about the reason for America's ratings downgrade. Without specifically mentioning Republicans, S&P senior director Joydeep Mukherji said the stability and effectiveness of American political institutions ...
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A new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey on the debt ceiling debacle shows that Republican attempts to dodge responsibility are not working: Democrats helped by debt debate, Republicans hurt according to poll. And the Tea Party's favorable ratings have hit an all-time low, as people remember their leaders' insanely nihilistic rhetoric (i.e. ...
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I expect to see Tea Partiers cheering this news; after all, it's what they said they wanted. (Reuters) - U.S. stocks plunged on Monday, taking the S&P 500 down more than 6 percent on growing fears of a recession, exacerbated by the loss of the country's pristine triple-A credit rating. Panicked ...
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Right wing blogs are all in a huff today because Sen. John Kerry said the dreaded words, "Tea Party downgrade." “This is the Tea Party downgrade because a minority of people in the House of Representatives countered even the will of many Republicans in the United States Senate who were ...
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In today's news of the Boehner, the Speaker of the House has just broken off debt ceiling talks with President Obama. And in return, Obama is now speaking; he just announced: I will sign an extension of the debt limit through 2013, if that's the best Congress can do... ...
Well, that didn't take long at all. After signaling yesterday that he would focus on producing a smaller debt reduction, today John Boehner is retreating to the hard-line Tea Party position again: Boehner says 'no' to ambitious debt-reduction deal. This shows us two things: 1) the real power in today's ...
Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner just blinked: Statement by Speaker Boehner on Debt Limit Discussions. "Despite good-faith efforts to find common ground, the White House will not pursue a bigger debt reduction agreement without tax hikes. I believe the best approach may be to focus on producing a ...
Here's a thread to discuss the latest reports on the debt ceiling talks, as President Obama reportedly offers to make cuts in Social Security. As part of his pitch, Obama is proposing significant reductions in Medicare spending and for the first time is offering to tackle the rising cost of ...
Former ambassador to China Jon Huntsman, often touted as the most "moderate" of the possible Republican presidential candidates, told George Stephanopoulos this morning that he's fully on board with the GOP's plan to kill Medicare. George Stephanopoulos: How about Congressman Paul Ryan and (the) budget? Former Speaker Gingrich had some ...
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Newt Gingrich is on an apology tour of the Republican Tea Party, after his accurate description of the Ryan Medicare-killing plan as "right wing social engineering" drove the entire GOP into a frenzy: Newt Apologizes To Paul Ryan, Begs Democrats Not To Use His Own Quotes In Ads. Newt Gingrich's ...
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The Republican Party is in the midst of glorious meltdown over Paul Ryan's bizarre, heartless plan to kill Medicare, as South Carolina Tea Party Governor Nikki Haley blasts Newt Gingrich over his criticism of Ryan's "budget." Dallas (CNN) - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich might not want to count on ...
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Paul Ryan's crazed effort to destroy Medicare is apparently a bridge too far for Senate Republicans. Senate Republicans have decided to avoid jeopardizing their chances of capturing the upper chamber in next year’s elections and will not echo the House GOP’s call for a major overhaul of the popular health ...
The new Washington Post-ABC News national poll completely confirms the McClatchy-Marist poll we featured yesterday: Americans are overwhelmingly opposed to cutting Medicare and Medicaid, and overwhelmingly in favor of raising tax rates on the wealthiest. The new poll's numbers: 78% oppose cutting Medicare, and 72% favor raising taxes on incomes over ...
Interesting results in this new national McClatchy-Marist poll; apparently the Republican base isn't so hot on cutting Medicare and Medicaid after all. And a very sizeable percentage of Republicans also likes the idea of the wealthy paying higher taxes. On tackling the deficit, voters by a margin of 2-to-1 support raising ...
Fox News just keeps getting more ridiculous. Here's one of their supposedly unbiased "hard news" shows, Fox News Sunday, featuring former Bush White House press secretary Dana Perino whining that President Obama offended their tender feelings with his budget speech. They're such delicate flowers, so easily bruised. This meme is all ...
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Last night, an open microphone caught President Obama making some pretty forceful statements about the Republican agenda and Paul Ryan's ludicrous budget proposal: Obama tells Republicans: 'You think we're stupid?' Video I said (to Republicans), 'You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We'll have that debate. You're not going ...
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Here's a thread to discuss the President's budget speech, which is about to begin... [Live video concluded...] A transcript of the speech.
The government shutdown is coming, and it's not because of fiscal disagreements. Both parties now agree on the size of spending cuts. The shutdown is imminent because of the GOP's determination to ram through the far right policy riders they've attached to the budget; these riders are more important to them ...
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From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a graphic illustration of what's wrong with the Paul Ryan budget plan: Chairman Ryan Gets Roughly Two-Thirds of His Huge Budget Cuts From Programs for Lower-Income Americans. Related: Paul Ryan's Absurdly Optimistic Budget Projections Draw Widespread Ridicule
The GOP unveiled their vision for the future of America today. It will be a place where there are virtually no social safety nets and no health care, tax cuts for the wealthiest, and endless funds for warfare: GOP's Plan to Cut Defense: No More Color Copies! As usual with today's GOP, ...
Tea Party hero Rand Paul says we need to end 'welfare' to Israel. “I think they’re an important ally, but I also think that their per capita income is greater than probably three-fourths of the rest of the world,” he said. “Should we be giving free money or welfare to ...
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It didn't get much notice, but Tea Party "libertarian" Rand Paul (R-AquaBuddha) released his personal federal budget yesterday; I have to give him some credit for being specific about what he would cut, unlike most Republicans, but this budget is a real hoot. Congressman Paul proposes to cut spending by more ...
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Tea Party libertarian/far-right fundamentalist/corporate tool Rand Paul has decided he's just going to get right down to the business of gutting the federal government, whether anyone else joins him or not. If you want something done (far) right, do it yourself. The tea party hero is at the bottom of ...
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