tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post6350561547557990391..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: And Now, Humorous Credit-TakingJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-32084901880940191562013-10-16T23:26:03.913-05:002013-10-16T23:26:03.913-05:00On a less humorous note, here's a friendly que...On a less humorous note, here's a friendly question for the experts: is the new debt ceiling deadline potentially much more dangerous than the one we just escaped?<br /><br />As I understand it, we'll now bump up against our borrowing limit in early February 2014. According to <a href="http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/Signature_requirements_and_deadlines_for_2012_U.S._Congress_elections" rel="nofollow">ballotpedia</a>, maybe 10% of states hit their filing deadline for congressional candidates by early February 2012, with the majority coming soon thereafter.<br /><br />I'm thinking that the squishes in the GOP house ultimately chickened out this week for two reasons: one, they are in competitive districts, and two, they are too personally obscure to land a cushy sinecure in the aftermath of causing financial chaos, if that occurred.<br /><br />In early February, many - perhaps most - of these squishes will be looking right down the barrel of a potential Tea Party primary challenge. We think we just got off a roller coaster; perhaps its about to get a whole lot wilder.CSHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-16457961191796229982013-10-16T19:12:38.354-05:002013-10-16T19:12:38.354-05:00It's also pretty amusing that members are begi...It's also pretty amusing that members are beginning to blame the media. Every interview and segment I caught of major network newscasts bent over backwards to portray the last two weeks as a case of an unreasonable Congress in general, unwilling to "negotiate." The GOP was actually quite successful in getting neutral media to adopt their messaging. It just seems that that didn't extend to public polls buying the message.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-61297016463993245612013-10-16T18:46:11.023-05:002013-10-16T18:46:11.023-05:00Is susan collins taking credit? That'd be funn...Is susan collins taking credit? That'd be funny.phathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07711722602776883761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-54594018783490464462013-10-16T17:57:54.335-05:002013-10-16T17:57:54.335-05:00If you're elected, will you vote for a governm...If you're elected, will you vote for a government shut down or for default? If that becomes the clear central question, then the sides will be clearer. And after what we've just been through, this may well be the question that voters want answered. Captain Futurehttp://dreamingup.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-83988507264262208482013-10-16T17:17:59.528-05:002013-10-16T17:17:59.528-05:00I wonder if we will see attack ads in the 2014 cyc...I wonder if we will see attack ads in the 2014 cycle on incumbent "go along" GOPers being called out for lacking leadership from left and right challengers. <br /><br />I can see these ads running back to back... "GOP Senator Van Squish couldn't stand up to Obama and the Radical Leftists, sticking the struggling American People with ObamaCare." followed by "GOP Senator Van Squish couldn't stand up to Ted Cruz and the radical Tea Partiers, nearly crippling a fragile recovery and putting people out of work at a time when we need jobs!<br /><br />In a few weeks, this all be largely forgotten, but in those districts and states where a significant Democratic candidacy can be mounted, I wonder if being a squish on the right (for caving) and a squish on governing (for being a "go along") will be damaging to the GOP incumbents. That seems to be a pretty strong populist message to hit home and it seems like they can be hit on both sides.Jamie Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08579007138576584958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-7502253700675525112013-10-16T15:55:53.177-05:002013-10-16T15:55:53.177-05:00these moderate Democrats, by predictably clinging ...<i>these moderate Democrats, by predictably clinging to whatever Republicans they can find in order to constantly prove their distance from Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi and all</i><br /><br />Huh? To which moderate Democrats do you refer? The one good thing about this whole fiasco is seeing the Democratic caucus unite as a bloc even as the GOP splinters apart...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-17560006493738244962013-10-16T15:28:14.572-05:002013-10-16T15:28:14.572-05:00I'm a former Mainer who's gotten quite fed...I'm a former Mainer who's gotten quite fed up with Collins and Snowe. It was hard to take complaints about Washington not getting anything done and increased partisanship from folks joining in as many filibusters as they did...theBitterFignoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-12855944625636058452013-10-16T14:37:15.614-05:002013-10-16T14:37:15.614-05:00Having just finished discussing "home styles&...Having just finished discussing "home styles" in my intro American class, this strikes me more as "position-taking" (bipartisanship, compromise, anti-default, etc) rather than taking credit for the final outcome. Jason McDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02974549669485446109noreply@blogger.com