Only in the Obama
era are the guys who say they will negotiate criticized as blind ideological
zealots, while those who repeatedly and acidly refuse to negotiate are hailed
as heroes. That is exactly what has been happening as Washington headed into shutdown
mode. Consider events just since Sunday's round of television news interviews.
On "Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace,” House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy
of California said, "We will not shut the government down. If we need to
negotiate a little longer, we will negotiate."
McCarthy was
describing what he expected would happen in the likely event the Senate
Democratic majority rejected a continuing resolution approved by the House that
funded the government through Dec. 15 while delaying Obamacare for a year and
killing the health care reform program’s medical device tax. House GOPers could
then pass the same CR again, McCarthy said, but make it effective for only a
few days to give negotiators between the Senate and House additional time to
work out their differences.
The response from
leading Democrats essentially was “Hell, no!” And it was followed by another
deluge of vicious attacks on the GOP…..To Read More…..
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