***POTUS to speak momentarily. MSNBC

[elleng]

Now. on Debt Ceiling discussions.

'Some progress was made, weekend.
11th Hour. Good news, today, gang of 6-7 senators, one repug added to it, proposal announced, one that POTUS had urged. INCLUDES REPUGS ACKNOWLEDGED REVENUES PART OF IT. Tomorrow House will have to work.
'Congratulate' gang of 6 for 'balanced' plan. Same playing field. McConnell/Reid's plan useful as 'fail-safe.'

[snappyturtle]

1. Thanks!

[Name removed]

2. Deleted message

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[WinkyDink]

3. Why? I really think his Crisis-tude is detrimental.

[originalpckelly]

4. John Kerry called, he wants his terrible body language back.

If you're going to talk with your hands, don't suck at it.

[PoliticAverse]

5. He just praised the "gang of six" for going "in the right direction". n/t

[PoliticAverse]

7. See "Gag of six, back from the brink"...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59345.html

[Poll_Blind]

6. It's about his prostate. Or "a" prostate. There's a prostate involved, somewhere.

I can smell prostate like a mile away.

PB

[Gin]

8. now a gang of 7...another rethug joined the group...

[CelticThunder]

9. Of course! Repugs rule!

[PoliticAverse]

10. Carney keeps mentioning "bipartisan". n/t

[ProSense]

11. Why

isn't he using the bully pulpit?

[PoliticAverse]

12. Because he wants to do a bipartisan "big deal" ? n/t

[originalpckelly]

14. No, not a big deal...

"A big fucking deal."

[PoliticAverse]

18. Well I want to know...

who's gonna be fucked.

[alfredo]

21. The Republicans will be fucked. Obama knows the Reps will never agree

to anything he proposes.

[anamandujano]

22. Ummmmmmmmmm . . . .

Without having listened to the speech or read other threads on this, in other words I have no idea what's going on, I'm guessing . . . .


anyone who's not a multi millionaire, the poor first in line.

[yellowcanine]

13. I thought Coburn bailed making it a gang of 5. So now with another repug, gang of 6 again?

:shrug: I am so confused. And doesn't organizing into "gangs" send the wrong message? What will we tell the children?

Anyway the news today is Rupurt Murdoch getting pied and his wife Wendi socking the perp. So Obama should wait until tomorrow to announce this.

[PoliticAverse]

16. Coburn got back in. See...

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0711/59345.html

[snappyturtle]

15. gobbledygook.

[elleng]

17. Wouldn't want to confuse you with facts.

[peacetalksforall]

19. Is the gang of 6 like G8 or G20? I admit that I have a leader problem. The real leaders

aren't there in person, but their orders were delivered to the various gangs in Congress.

Why don't we just admit that the ruling elite runs 'elitic' - they give orders and our leaders work it out for them while keeping up the pretense of Dem-Repub-Executive rule. The elite is world wide foundations and instituees, all banking, corporate-industrial, lobbying industry, and the most powerful arm of the elite - the military and the mercenary.

[PoliticAverse]

20. Q (to Carney) "Is there no such thing as the Social Security trust Fund ?"

[John Agar]

23. Not encouraging.