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Old 05-27-2011, 07:05 PM   #1
chodeasyday

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Default McConnell insists Medicare must be slashed immediately or GOP will block debt limit
Wow, when they go all in, they really go all in. Thanks to this stance, the House is now in play for Democrats in 2012.

We couldn't do it without you, GOP. Keep up the good work.

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says substantial Medicare cuts must be part of a spending and deficit cut package to get his support to raise the debt limit.

In a Capitol briefing with reporters Friday, McConnell declared affirmatively that unspecified Medicare cuts are on the table in bipartisan debt limit negotiations, led by Vice President Joe Biden, and he expects they'll be part of the final deal. But in response to a question from TPM, he went further than he has in the past in laying down a marker on that issue. Medicare cuts must be part of that deal to get his support, he says -- even if negotiators manage to find trillions of dollars in savings elsewhere, even if his other priorities are met.

"To get my vote, for me, it's going to take short term [cuts, via spending caps]... Both medium and long-term, entitlements.," McConnell said. "Medicare will be part of the solution."

To clarify, I asked "[I]f [the Biden group] comes up with big cuts, trillions of dollars worth of cuts, but without substantially addressing Medicare, it won't get your vote?"

"Correct," McConnell said.
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Old 05-27-2011, 07:20 PM   #2
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I pray and hope and pray that the democrats hold their ground and put ole Mitch's feet to the fire with this, their is no way that Wall street will allow the GOP to not raise the debt limit, there is way to much at stake here. Let's see, problem down the road with Medicare, which will be dealt with in time or create big problem right away, what a freaking terd McConnell is to hold the country hostage with this BS.

I want a bowl of turtle soup.
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Old 05-27-2011, 10:35 PM   #3
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Is it time for the Obama administration to start replaying the rhetoric from the election and health care debates? The things that led to the "and don't touhc my Medicare" comments?
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Old 05-28-2011, 12:55 PM   #4
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If the Obama Administration caves on this, the GOP will win. They will blame Pres. Obama and the Democrats for "cutting Medicare" all the way to the 2012 elections. If the administration doesn't cave and the debt limit expires and causes even a little bit of a meltdown, the Republicans will again blame Pres. Obama and the Democrats for "crashing the economy by not reining in the debt."

This is a really really bad game of chicken. I'm not sure how the Democrats will counter this attack.
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