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Wall Street Journal To GOP: 'It's Time To Wrap Up This Comedy Of Political Errors'
Wall Street Journal To GOP: 'It's Time To Wrap Up This Comedy Of Political Errors'
As it has throughout the disputes over the budget and debt limit, the conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday took aim at the Republican Party.
Although the Journal's editorial writers said that "both sides are looking like losers" in the dual crises consuming Washington, they directed their most pointed shots at the GOP.
"This is the quality of thinking—or lack thereof—that has afflicted many GOP conservatives from the beginning of this budget showdown," the editorial read. "They picked a goal they couldn't achieve in trying to defund ObamaCare from one House of Congress, and then they picked a means they couldn't sustain politically by pursuing a long government shutdown and threatening to blow through the debt limit."
The Journal said that if the Senate passes its compromise to avert default and reopen the government, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) will likely have no choice "other than to bring it to the floor and let it pass with votes from either party."
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wall-street-journal-to-gop-it-s-time-to-wrap-up-this-comedy-of-political-errors
As it has throughout the disputes over the budget and debt limit, the conservative editorial page of the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday took aim at the Republican Party.
Although the Journal's editorial writers said that "both sides are looking like losers" in the dual crises consuming Washington, they directed their most pointed shots at the GOP.
"This is the quality of thinking—or lack thereof—that has afflicted many GOP conservatives from the beginning of this budget showdown," the editorial read. "They picked a goal they couldn't achieve in trying to defund ObamaCare from one House of Congress, and then they picked a means they couldn't sustain politically by pursuing a long government shutdown and threatening to blow through the debt limit."
The Journal said that if the Senate passes its compromise to avert default and reopen the government, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) will likely have no choice "other than to bring it to the floor and let it pass with votes from either party."
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http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/wall-street-journal-to-gop-it-s-time-to-wrap-up-this-comedy-of-political-errors
Run away, WSJ, run away!
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