It’s now the Chamber vs. The Tea Party -- and the Tea Party is winning

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It’s now the Chamber vs. The Tea Party -- and the Tea Party is winning
by Joe Sudbay (DC) on 7/27/2011 10:38:00 AM


Okay, I realized we're heading for a debacle if the debt limit isn't increased. But, I did take some satisfaction reading this NYT article about how the Chamber funded a lot of teabagger candidates last year. Now, those teabaggers on a path of economic destruction -- and they're ignoring their old friends at the Chamber:

The chamber and other business groups have pressed with increasing urgency for Congress to raise the maximum amount that the government can borrow. They have cataloged the consequences of default at meetings, parties and dinners and over drinks.

On Tuesday, the chamber threw its weight behind the proposal of the House speaker, John A. Boehner, telling recalcitrant Republicans that a pending vote on the plan was a with-us-or-against-us moment that would be remembered during the next election campaign.

But as the government runs out of money, those efforts have not produced the desired result. The freshman class of House Republicans, along with longer-serving members, is balking at Mr. Boehner’s plan, let alone anything that Senate Democrats and the White House might be willing to accept.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/27/us/politics/27chamber.html

http://www.americablog.com/2011/07/its-now-chamber-vs-tea-party-and-tea.html

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1. the Chamber has access to mega-$$$, especially after Citizens United...

that they can threaten to primary the teabaggers with.

[Denninmi]

2. I believe the character Roseanne Conner said it best years ago on the sitcom:

"I love it when Republicans eat their young."

[qb]

3. As ye sow... They are so foolish to think more and more tax cuts are good for business.

What? Government needs to be funded?

The ungrateful bastards fail to acknowledge that the infrastructure that enabled their success was built & paid for by the "little people" they continually screw over.