Meet Erick Erickson, the Toxic Idiot Guiding House Republicans on the Debt Ceiling Fight

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July 26, 2011 |

Erick Erickson: City Councilor, wing-nut blogger, patriot.

We're still hurtling toward economic disaster as House Republicans refuse to sign onto a debt ceiling deal that falls well to the right of what even GOP voters say they want. Given the stakes, it's hard to understand why would they walk away from a package of deep cuts without new tax revenues – a deal they could have only dreamed of getting a few short months ago.

The simplest explanation is that they're terrified of their Tea Party base, and aren't eager to be primaried from the right by some deep-pocketed neanderthal. But it's also about beating Obama next year. Donald Trump articulated the prevailing wisdom in GOP circles this week, telling Fox News, "When it comes time to default, they're not going to remember any of the Republicans' names. They are going to remember in history books one name, and that's Obama."

That reflects the prevailing wisdom in Tea Party circles, yet it has to be one of the dumbest claims made in recent weeks. According to the latest CNN poll, 52 percent of the public think Obama has “acted responsibly” on the debt ceiling, compared to just 33 percent who say the same of the GOP (PDF). And a new Rasmussen poll finds that just 6 percent of likely voters approve of Congress' performance -- a record low.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Raise the damn taxes

and if they refuse make them guarantee the number of jobs that the job creators will create
if they do not then the tax rates go up 70% at the top

Make them put their money where their mouth is 20 million living wage jobs in 3 months, by the end of October
they have had 10 years to create jobs, another 3 months should be long enough