McCain and Graham play chicken with Global Economy: "Most of us have pledged...before we vote again on debt ceiling, even at great political cost..." Can you say "uncertainty?"

Sen. Mitch McConnell’s first term threat is over. Goodbye to Obama’s one term presidency.

The new second term threat? I'll let Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham pass along their own  most outrageous strategy. Watch Graham smile like a Cheshire cat and see other Republicans misread intentionally who's actually spending all the money:



They’re not going to raise the debt ceiling. Hmm, I wonder if that creates a feeling of uncertainty, the very problem Republicans have been harping about for 4 years. This graphic says it all:

So why is Social Security and Medicare being blamed?

The media is just fine perpetuating this false premise, by not correcting it. I screen captured this Politico story below, which shows you exactly what I mean:

Is it the president or congress dragging out these deadlines? Congress, right?

So why do we continue to accept this level of BS from guys like Sen. Cornyn?

Sen. John Cornyn, a Republican: “It may be necessary to partially shut down the government in order to secure the long-term fiscal well-being of our country, rather than plod along the path of Greece, Italy and Spain. President Obama needs to take note of this reality and put forward a plan to avoid it immediately.”

Greece isn't anything like the U.S., so that’s a distraction; it’s the work of the Senate and House that matters, not the position of the president. Congress needs to work as the “legislative branch” of government. That’s their job. What they produce is sent off to the “executive branch,” for the president’s signature. Waiting for the president to draft legislation is not the duty of the executive branch.

The Senate and House need to fulfill their constitutional duties, and stop blaming the president.