The
Republican incoherence on whether or not to do something about the debt ceiling, and what exactly that thing is, still rages. Because, you know it would be
"irresponsible" not to make threats about the full faith and credit of the nation. Also, too,
Obamacare.
CAMBRIDGE, Md. – House Republicans are considering attaching a provision that would prevent a “bailout” of insurance companies under ObamaCare to a one-year increase in the debt limit.
The Republican conference met behind closed doors Friday on the final day of their annual retreat to hash out a plan for raising the debt limit, which the Treasury Department says must happen within a month to avoid a first-ever default. [...]
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) led the debt-limit discussion and said the leadership wanted a plan that could win 217 Republican votes and avoid the possibility of the House having to swallow a “clean” increase from the Democratic-led Senate, the source said.
Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has lowered expectations for the debt limit, saying Republicans did not want to default and that the options had “narrowed” given President Obama’s stance and his unwillingness to accept major entitlement reforms without tax increases.
No, they don't know what in the hell they're doing and Boehner still can't lead. (And by the way, even some conservatives admit that that "bailout"
isn't a bailout and without it,
everyone's insurance premiums could be more expensive.) Because Boehner—who doesn't want to default—can't make his insane caucus do anything, so here we go again.