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Anatomy of a Flop: GOP "Cliff" Counter-Offer Fizzles

westriversd Wrote: Dec 04, 2012 6:58 PM

I just threw a Priebus RNC letter in the trash can without reading the plea for money. They had more money than any prior GOP candidate and still could not get people to the polls. Independent voting registration in the near future.

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Anatomy of a Flop: GOP "Cliff" Counter-Offer Fizzles

Yesterday evening we reported the details of House Republicans' "fiscal cliff" compromise offer to the White House, which offered real ideological concessions, to the tune of $800 Billion in new revenues. The plan -- originally conceived last year by the Democratic co-chairman of the debt commission, Erskine Bowles -- also calls for the reduction of both discretionary and mandatory spending, making needed (albeit small-ball) reforms to the largest drivers of our debt. Unlike the president's risible, widely-panned proposal last week, Republicans' new negotiating posture offers genuine compromise: (a) It has bipartisan origins, (b) it achieves "balance," (c) it...