"Speaker John Boehner will call on Congress to offset a debt ceiling hike with spending cuts of a greater amount, an ambitious proposal that puts House Republicans on a collision course with Democrats who want much more modest spending restrictions attached to the vote.
I will be the first to commend Boehner if he steps up to the plate and fulfills the mandate of the tea party that put him where he is and gets serious reform put in place in exchange for a debt ceiling hike.
Unfortunately, given his performance during the "budget battle" recently wherein he folded like a cheap 20-dollar suit, despite one of the most historic mandates in history, I am more than skeptical and highly doubt that he is up to the task.
If he doesn't perform during the debt ceiling showdown, the GOP is toast and will be thrown into the dustbin of history, as it should be.
And a viable fiscally conservative third party will emerge that tea-partiers, libertarians, independents and true conservatives can support."
[LeftCoastRebel]
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