tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post6600573536873186416..comments2024-03-18T14:34:31.684-05:00Comments on Horizons: Fiscal cliff becomes Republican cliffNancy LeTourneauhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12614317154146836694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-38870907350627948962012-12-29T18:25:31.345-06:002012-12-29T18:25:31.345-06:00The President has done an admirable job of boxing ...The President has done an admirable job of boxing in both McConnell and Boehner. McConnell has been complaining all week that he wanted to see a "bipartisan proposal," and now he's been put on the spot by the President to act ... bipartisan. So any complaints he has if it turns out he doesn't have any proposals just can be written off. Boehner has shown himself to be completely useless, and by passing the buck, he's made himself irrelevant. Norbrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11383422747683493947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7163441833245663827.post-21945144948717140402012-12-29T12:03:09.258-06:002012-12-29T12:03:09.258-06:00And the PL is probably STILL convinced that the pr...And the PL is probably STILL convinced that the president has no idea how to negotiate and that giving Boehner "98% of what he wanted" a couple of years ago makes him the capitulator in chief. It makes no difference to them that we're about to either get what we want or watch the GOP self immolate directly as a result of those negotiations.lockewasrightnoreply@blogger.com