Obama and Boehner: In Need of Couples Counseling?

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RealClear Politics:

Caitlin Huey-Burns

January 14, 2013

 

They are outsiders of sorts with a fondness for golf and cigarettes -- and they’ve both stated publicly many times that they know current federal budget practices are unsustainable. But President Barack Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner cannot seem to successfully complete even the most basic negotiation.

 

 

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So far, the signs aren’t promising. The president and the speaker emerged from the latest fiscal debacle with their perceptions of the other guy both confirmed and soured: Boehner cannot deliver his conference; Obama does not negotiate with Republicans in good faith.

 

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The upshot of all this is two leaders, Obama and Boehner, who don’t make very good music together anyway, and who are constantly being heckled from their respective peanut galleries.

 

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Two from the comments

 

whison 1 hour ago

 

The Tea Party needs to go back to high school and learn about American history and science. The Tea Party is the problem. They are fading fast and so long as they are around the country is in trouble.

 

 

BoilerFan 10 minutes ago in reply to whison

 

To the contrary. Tea party folks are the only ones who even acknowledge the truly dangerous nature of our runaway spending and our skyrocketing national debt. Far too many Democrats and establishment Republicans seem to be perfectly comfortable ignoring our fiscal problems, content to keep acting as though everything's just fine and dandy. Tea party folks are observant enough to recognize that government has gotten too big and that it's critical to our future that we limit the size, scope and power of the federal government. And, once again, Democrats and establishment Republicans seem to relish big government. In short, the tea party movement isn't the problem; they represent the most viable approach to getting our nation's fiscal house in order. Raising various taxes and offering only token spending cuts--the approach favored by Democrats and establishment Republicans--isn't the solution; that's an approach that will only further weaken our fiscal condition.