Repeat Of 09

"The campaign stump speech in which Mr. Obama demanded that Congress cede him control over the debt ceiling slips my mind. But we all recall his repeated cries for increasing taxes on "the wealthiest" ($200,000 individual/$250,000 joint), so arguably he has a claim to that. Consequences do come with the democratic habit of holding elections. But if that is true, then Republicans are justified in citing the consequences of the message of the midterm election held a mere two years ago. In 2010, the Republicans regained control of the House of Representatives. Less noted but as important in measuring the nation's desires, that election gave the GOP control of the largest number of state legislatures it had held since 1928. A similar surge occurred for Republican governors."  

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It's funny that this is a repeat of what I seem to have just read about
when Obama and Boehner went head to head in 09 and 10. He seems to
think he can win without offering anything to the GOP. Maybe he can.

But he cannot be transcendent, significant, important. He's just
winning a small, symbolic victory that will amount to nothing. He seems
so tiny and thin as a person on the Presidential stage. He's not a good
enough actor - Clinton was - to appear substantial. And he seems to
have very little substance.

Sequestration will be wasteful, and who knows which party will benefit.
But there are worse things than sequestration, and giving this petulant
president anything he wants would be one of those things.