McConnell: Come together to find solution that's "less than perfect...perfect is not achievable"

[jefferson_dem]

:eyes:

Speaker John Boehner hopes to rebound still with a floor vote Thursday, but his strong ally, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell warned that it is time for leaders of both parties to “get back together” and be prepared to accept a solution to the debt crisis that’s “less than perfect, because perfect is not achievable."

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59988.html#ixzz1TGi84yqD

[BeyondGeography]

1. How many miles on that car again, Mitch?

[Make7]

2. If only they would have had more than six months to solve a simple problem... ( n/t )

[Marsala]

3. He's talking to the Republicans with that

The Democrats accepted a "less than perfect" solution ages ago. Obama has been eager for one.

[ClarkUSA]

4. Really? Yet McConnell insists that Pres. Obama is "clinging" to hope for a "massive tax hike."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=1584611&mesg_id=1584611

He's talking out of both sides of his turtle mouth to repair the lousy image President Obama's speech gave to Republicans last night. He doesn't mean a damned word.

[elleng]

5. Beautiful to watch these s.o.b.s squirm!

'McConnell has worked closely with Boehner in drafting and pressing for action on the House bill. But his comments Tuesday suggest he already recognizes the stalemate ahead, given that the House measure almost guarantees more conflict in six months and is so strongly opposed by the White House and Senate Democrats.

The administration is predicting that the Boehner bill will never reach the president’s desk, and if it is now at risk of not passing the House, that only adds to McConnell’s worries. And he appears to be casting about for new alliances to cope with the crisis.

“We’re going to have to get back together and get a solution here. We cannot get a perfect solution, from my point of view, controlling only the House of Representatives,” McConnell told reporters after his party’s weekly luncheon. “So I’m prepared to accept something less than perfect, because perfect is not achievable.'


And McConnell, boner's 'strong ally,' looking for new alliances? They are SO f'd!!!