"Artificial drama"

[kpete]

Former Senator Judd Gregg (R-NH) says Social Security checks will need to be halted before House Republicans will agree to a deal to raise the debt limit...

..."My gut tells me that we'll need a weekend of drama — maybe a weekend of the government not paying its bills — politicians need drama to make something happen. As soon as social security checks don't go out, the politics will change. I suspect it'll take artificial drama to get closure past the House." "Boehner understands that a shutdown is bad for his caucus and that there's something viable short of a shutdown but right now... it's a 50-50 chance that we go into a few days of disruption."

Gregg said lawmakers don't really care about the nation's credit rating:

"Policy-makers only worry about a ratings downgrade at the margins. They don't really care.

http://www.businessinsider.com/former-senator-judd-gregg-says-shutdown-needed-before-house-will-agree-to-debt-limit-deal-2011-7?op=1

[Rex]

1. Like in 2000?

Is that like the crew that hung out in Florida to make sure Gore lost in 2000? Artificial drama - well at least they admit to it even if it is years later. They just don't give a flying fuck about the working class, right now they have to answer to the ultra-rich as to why they are still waiting for a new taxcut.