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As the GOP Burns Delusional Republicans Think They have Leverage Over Obama
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Even though the GOP is crashing and burning on the fiscal cliff, Republican senators like Chuck Grassley believe they have leverage over Obama.
Sen. Chuck Grassley provided a fine example of the Republican state of mind when he claimed to Newsmax that Republicans have leverage over Obama on the fiscal cliff.
When asked about a solution to the fiscal cliff, Grassley answered, “If we do go over the cliff then the focus next year’s going to be on raising the debt ceiling and we’ve got a great deal of leverage on the president on raising the debt ceiling because we don’t have to raise it unless we’re going to get some reduction in expenditures.”
Grassley thinks that the Republicans have the advantage on the fiscal cliff because of the debt ceiling. The Iowa senator thinks that Republicans can get the spending cuts they want by repeating the debacle on the debt ceiling that led to US debt being downgraded last year.
In short, Republicans think they have leverage on the fiscal cliff, because they can use the debt ceiling to create more chaos next year. What they seem to be incapable of understanding is that their antics are destroying the Republican Party. Their behavior likely helped to win the president a second term by convincing a majority of voters that they didn’t want these people unchecked and making policy.
Republicans have less than zero leverage right now. The House Republican leadership is in disarray. Boehner, Cantor, and company have been reduced to releasing statements that blame the Senate and the president. Mitch McConnell is wishing for things that are never going to happen, and nobody has a clue if Republicans can muster enough votes in the House or the Senate to pass any sort of agreed upon deal.
Congressional Republicans have completely fallen apart. They have no bargaining power. Yet, people like Chuck Grassley and House Republicans continue to feed the right’s delusions on the fiscal cliff.
While the Republican Party is nosediving, they continue to believe that they have Obama right where they want him.
The Republican attitude on their party’s bungling of the fiscal cliff reminds me of this:
As a group congressional Republicans are completely divorced from reality, and incapable of governing.
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lester ayers
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 5:42 pm
you can’t fix stupid
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Sugapea
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Absolutely!
We cannot fix *GOP STUPID*. Yet, if our GOP Brethren keep reading Politicususa, they will learn the real facts and truth here.
As Lincoln said:
“I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis. The great point is to bring them the real facts.” ~Abraham Lincoln
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Lynda
Dec. 30th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
You are, of course, assuming these cretins can read and understand the words they are reading.
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djchefron
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 5:49 pm
The rethuglicans are just blowing smoke.You know it,I know it hell if you are a sentient being you know it.Forget about the rethugs but keep your eye out for the dummycrats led by LIE-berman and Conrad.These two are leading the charge for us to give in to the American Taliban.Please if this happen don’t go blaming the President blame the so called bi-partisan gang of six in the senate.
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Rita
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
Mr. President, don’t you dare back down. They will all be replaced in the next election in 2014, the Republicans are sick of them too. They don’t give a damn about anything except themselves.
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Larry Dillon
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 7:18 pm
Well when they felt threatened during the 2012 elections they chose to “double down”.They lost.Their new concept?Why “triple down” of course.I suggest they go “all in”.Blow their wad.Through all their chips into the “kitty”.When they loose,and they will,they will be all out of chips and we shouldn’t allow them “buy back in”
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robyn ryan
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 8:04 pm
We call that a ‘gambling problem’ here in New Orleans. But then, we’re pretty conservative. /s/
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Anne
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 7:43 pm
I have never seen such an intransigent, reality-denying group of so-called politicians. They have no idea how to govern, and therefore they have no place in governing. Because they have been running basically on being oppositional to the president, they are bereft of any constructive ideas. It’s beyond me how anyone, anywhere, could have ever thought these folks could run anything but their big, flapping mouths.
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Sharon
Dec. 27th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
They are in such disarray they cannot govern. And with their ideology that has divided their own party, they never will. I think they should all be impeached or recalled or brought up on treason for hurting the country. I don’t know what the options are, and I’m sure the forefathers never provided for this idiocy. What is a country to do?
I hope common sense will prevail and some moderate Republicans can get back to governing. I don’t foresee it however. And with Mitch McConnell in the senate, what hope do we have there? Looks like we’re going over the “cliff”. I just hope Harry changes the filibuster rules and that President Obama stays resolute in his goals. It may take until 2014 to get anything done, because the Republican party is outta’ there if something doesn’t shake loose soon. We pay these fools too much to do nothing. I think we should start paying them for results. THIS is ridiculous.
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Lynda
Dec. 30th, 2012 at 4:51 pm
Maybe that is one of the first spending cuts that should be made – their salaries and all those perks the hard-pressed taxpayers are generously providing to them for doing ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!!!!!
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Conservative Heart
Dec. 28th, 2012 at 2:14 am
The solution to the fiscal cliff is easy:
MORE GUNS!!!
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Elizabeth 44
Dec. 28th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Even though I think this is sarcasm, I vote down. More guns isn’t funny anymore, IMHO.
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Alex
Dec. 28th, 2012 at 8:26 am
People of Iowa you need to vote this doddering, delusional old fool, Chuck Grassley out of office! Why the hell would you elect a super rich farmer who does not give a damn for the middle class to represent you?
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Robert Chapman
Dec. 29th, 2012 at 10:14 am
Senator Grassley clearly is numerically challenged.
The new taxes enacted by the fiscal cliff legislation will cut US government spending by about 7% and raise something in the vicinity of $ 400 million in new revenue in the upconing calendar year.
It will be very difficult for the GOP to resist the need to raise the debt limit in the face of such strict action on the federal deficit.
For a political party which rightly recognize the stifling effect of regulatory uncertainty on the business climate the GOP are amazingly willing to o all in their power to make matters as uncertain as is humanly possible.
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