Post by Forever Sunshine on Feb 21, 2013 23:42:25 GMT -5
Both sides agree that forced spending cuts set to take effect next week will harm the economy and national security. Both sides have plans for averting the worst impacts.
So why are there no formal negotiations taking place with Congress on break this week as leaders from both parties accuse each other of intransigence?
Once again, the answer is the Washington blame game.
The same pattern of politically inspired brinksmanship that dominated President Barack Obama's first term is continuing in the early days of his second.
Now, the collective weight of Obama's re-election in November and the subsequent fiscal cliff deal in which Republicans conceded on tax increases makes compromise seem distant, if not impossible, in the short term.
www.cnn.com/2013/02/21/politics/forced-spending-cuts-blame/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3
So why are there no formal negotiations taking place with Congress on break this week as leaders from both parties accuse each other of intransigence?
Once again, the answer is the Washington blame game.
The same pattern of politically inspired brinksmanship that dominated President Barack Obama's first term is continuing in the early days of his second.
Now, the collective weight of Obama's re-election in November and the subsequent fiscal cliff deal in which Republicans conceded on tax increases makes compromise seem distant, if not impossible, in the short term.
www.cnn.com/2013/02/21/politics/forced-spending-cuts-blame/index.html?hpt=hp_bn3
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