So do you advocate we have one party rule or revise the Constitution to make the Executive responsible for all matters financial? So let's say "President Obama called their bluff" last night, we'd have several million people without unemployment benefits, taxes raised on everyone (not to mention the "bracket creep many low and middle income people have endured over the past decade) and deep budget cuts would have taken place on many programs that would have hurt the most vulnerable among us. Fine...that doesn't begin to address the problem of the looming debt ceiling and the strong possibility the government will shut down and the government will temporarily default on its debts.
Unfortunately as long as the rushpublicans control the House, they need to sign off on any budget deal. Don't blame President Obama...blame the "founding fathers" who gave the power of the purse to the Congress. Want to play the games you'd like? Really stick it to the rushpublicans? Then that'll require electing at least 30 Democrats (of course make sure they pass the "Progressive/Liberal purity tests"
that will flip the House and find another 10 or so "purity approved" Democrats for the Senate.
Yep...this is no victory...and it won't be as long as there are two sides that have extremes that refuse to talk or work with one another...
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