superodalisque
Well-Known Member
Newt Gingrich has threatened to shut down the govt again if a small group of house republicans don't get their way. i don't think they will. americans will be very upset when they understand that it's guaranteed that our moody's rating will be lowered again if this happens and that it will end in us paying more to service the debt we already have. if the republicans didn't want to pay for the budget they approved they should not have put these expenses through in a republican congress. there has been no acknowledgment that this debt is what they approved jointly during the past year through congressional vote in order to do more political grandstanding while they distract the public from the pay offs and favors to special interests being made under the table.
once the american public truly understands how this is going to work they will be extremely angry. republicans are already in a great deal of trouble with each other and their constituencies. Gingrich is wasting everyone's time and energy by posturing again , just as they did regarding the fiscal cliff. he knows the realities of shutting down the gov't from the first time he did it under Clinton and who will be blamed. he already knows as does everyone else in washington that they will have to cave because republicans don't have the political capital left to take that hit. if they don't negotiate in good faith it will be their death knell for the midterms, the next presidential election and beyond. people want to get things done so that we can heal the economy, especially unemployment. the radicals in the house are looking more and more like a hold back
there is a real reason that the approval rating for congress has gone down to 5% and most of that is being blamed on the lack of control over the radical right. people are not very impressed that the republicans are allowing such a small percentage of their party to hijack all negotiations.
once the american public truly understands how this is going to work they will be extremely angry. republicans are already in a great deal of trouble with each other and their constituencies. Gingrich is wasting everyone's time and energy by posturing again , just as they did regarding the fiscal cliff. he knows the realities of shutting down the gov't from the first time he did it under Clinton and who will be blamed. he already knows as does everyone else in washington that they will have to cave because republicans don't have the political capital left to take that hit. if they don't negotiate in good faith it will be their death knell for the midterms, the next presidential election and beyond. people want to get things done so that we can heal the economy, especially unemployment. the radicals in the house are looking more and more like a hold back
there is a real reason that the approval rating for congress has gone down to 5% and most of that is being blamed on the lack of control over the radical right. people are not very impressed that the republicans are allowing such a small percentage of their party to hijack all negotiations.
