The House, under the leadership of Speaker John Boehner, has
precipitated a postponement in the debt ceiling fight until May. This
represents a strategic choice by Boehner to make the Sequester fight,
not the debt ceiling fight, the next major engagement. Much of the
mainstream media now is accusing Congress of “kicking the can down the
road.” They are missing the strategic implications.
In retrospect, at the Battle at Fiscal Cliff, Boehner took President Obama to the cleaners. He did it suavely, without histrionics. While Obama churlishly, and in a politically amateurish manner, publicly strutted about having forced the Republicans to raise tax rates on “the wealthiest Americans” Boehner, quietly, was pocketing his winnings.
Read more: http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/ralphbenko/2013/01/30/how-president-obama-lost-his-shirt-to-john-boehner-n1500276/page/full/
In retrospect, at the Battle at Fiscal Cliff, Boehner took President Obama to the cleaners. He did it suavely, without histrionics. While Obama churlishly, and in a politically amateurish manner, publicly strutted about having forced the Republicans to raise tax rates on “the wealthiest Americans” Boehner, quietly, was pocketing his winnings.
Read more: http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/ralphbenko/2013/01/30/how-president-obama-lost-his-shirt-to-john-boehner-n1500276/page/full/
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