GOP Senator: Maybe We Shouldn't Have Tied Debt Vote to Deficit Deal

[Derechos]

WASHINGTON -- Some Republicans are starting to have buyer's remorse over their party's insistence that a vote to raise the debt limit be tied to a long-term deficit reduction package.

"Maybe the debt ceiling was the wrong place to pick a fight, as it related to trying to get our country's house in order," Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said Thursday. "Maybe that was the wrong place to do it."

Speaking from the Senate floor, Corker said Republicans demanded linking the two issues because the Senate hasn't passed a budget in more than 800 days. "I credit both sides for that," he said. But now, the inability of the White House and Congress to agree to a spending deal -- and ensure a timely debt ceiling increase -- is "helping our great nation go into decline."

For months, House and Senate GOP leaders have vowed not to raise the debt limit without tying the vote to substantial deficit reduction. The White House and Democratic leaders initially protested, citing grave economic consequences of toying with a debt-ceiling hike. But they eventually acquiesced as Republican leaders made it clear they weren't budging.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/14/gop-senator-maybe-we-shouldnt-tie-debt-vote-to-deficit_n_898350.html

[trumad]

1. Wall Street Masters have spoken...

Game over.

[denverbill]

2. Ya think so genius? n/t

[msongs]

3. good! vote the debt limit as a clean stand alone item. run the repub agenda later nt

[Cirque du So-What]

4. 'Pugs have overplayed their hand

and now they're getting death threats - either real or metaphorical - from their corporate overlords. Oh, they'll still pout & posture, but when it comes down to the nut-cuttin', they'll vote to raise the debt ceiling.

[Ship of Fools]

5. YA THINK???????????

[LiberalAndProud]

6. Yeah, I'd say that was a big oops.

I'll bet it ends up the way Obama started out -- clean debt limit bill, no strings attached. But Cantor will look nice with all that egg on his face.

[Raven]

7. It's not their fault. Obama made them do it.;-)

[gratuitous]

8. Well, it's not like they'll have to pay a price for their error

They'll all be totally absolved, this unpleasantness will be quickly forgotten, everyone shakes hands, a round of back-slapping, and we can all get back to the true function of government, which is to funnel every available dollar into the overstuffed pockets of the wealthy. Let's let bygones be bygones, 'kay? There's still a whole lot of money being wasted on food, clothing and shelter for poor people.

[damntexdem]

9. They'd better get the children in the House to play well with others.

At least enough to raise the debt ceiling. Or they know that they are in deep doo doo. Unfortunately, they're taking the rest of us with them.

[sinkingfeeling]

10. duh.

[bullwinkle428]

11. Corky has woken up, and smelleth the coffee!

[Dawgs]

12. I was thinking this last night when Moodys said they were looking at the US credit rating.

I knew at that point that the Republicans would start to cave.

[moondust]

13. Always thinkin ahead, those pubes.

Real visionaries.

:rofl: