Former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw criticized President Barack Obama on Monday for spending “too much time” campaigning against the sequester cuts and lambasting his political opponents rather than negotiating with Republicans to avert those cuts. He said that both sides of the debate are playing electoral politics, with Obama attempting to “demonize” his Republican… Read more »
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Obama demands debt ceiling hike, rejects negotiating cuts with GOP
President Obama used the final press conference of his first-term to again warn congressional Republicans that he will not negotiate with them over the debt ceiling, saying that Washington must increase the limit to pay its bills and such brinksmanship would be “absurd” and “irresponsible.” Source: FOXNews.com
Sen. Chuck Schumer: Democrats won’t be negotiating on debt ceiling
Add Sen. Chuck Schumer to the list of Democrats that say there won’t be a negotiation over the next debt ceiling: “I think that risking government shutdown, risking not raising the debt ceiling, is playing with fire,” Schumer told reporters in the Capitol, in response to a question from TPM. “Anyone who wants to come… Read more »
It wasn’t Obama’s negotiating style that won him reelection. It almost cost him
Look at this chart: Overlay that with this timeline of the debt ceiling negotiations of 2011: APRIL 15 The House passes a budget plan by Representative Paul D. Ryan that proposes deep cuts in entitlements, saving $ 5.8 trillion. The plan is deeply unpopular among voters. MAY 9 Speaker John A. Boehner sets the stage… Read more »