Pressure grows on Senate Democrats to act on fiscal cliff

[colfax]

Reid has rejected Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) assertion that avoiding the fiscal cliff now depends on President Obama working out a deal with the Senate. Reid's allies said it is unrealistic to expect him and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to step in and hammer out an eleventh-hour agreement.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/274417-pressure-grows-on-senate-to-act-on-fiscal-cliff

 

[imreallyperplexed]

I think that Boehner has thrown in the towel. He doesn't want to put either the President's bill or the current Senate bill up for a vote in the House. But he knows that he failed to pass his own Plan B and seems to have no prospect with the tea party. I think that he is trying to shift things into a negotiation between Obama, Reid, and McConnell. I expect that there will be some discussion behind the scenes. I would not be surprised if the Senate takes the deal that Obama offered Boehner - with some Republican support. (Something similar happened with extending the holiday on SS taxes that happened last year.) If the Republicans in the Senate take the plunge, Boehner may offer a Senate bill up for a vote. Of course, Boehner's job as Speaker may still be in jeopardy. It is a bit crazy.

But this is just my gut feel. The closer we get to going over the cliff without a deal, the more likely the U.S. is to go over the cliff.

Reid has rejected Speaker John Boehners (R-Ohio) assertion that avoiding the fiscal cliff now depends on President Obama working out a deal with the Senate. Reid's allies said it is unrealistic to expect him and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to step in and hammer out an eleventh-hour agreement.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/274417-pressure-grows-on-senate-to-act-on-fiscal-cliff

 

[colfax]

I think that Boehner has thrown in the towel.

Even Boehner cannot control the TP wackos in his own caucus.

Once we plunge over the "fiscal cliff" the TP-GOPers are really gonna get scared by the swell of public outrage against them for letting their Obama-hatred keep them from negotiating a solution

 

[ITALIA]

Either the Republicans blink or we go over the cliff. It will be worse for them on the other side.

 

[colfax]

The closer we get to going over the cliff without a deal, the more likely the U.S. is to go over the cliff.

With this "GOPpers gone wild", House, I'm bracing for the ride off that cliff!