Went to National Review for some updated commentary and once again was not disappointed.  Now you can read the real facts about what is about to happen:

What Happened? What Now?July 29, 2011 12:36 P.M. By Kathryn Jean Lopez 

I am hearing some optimism about this morning’s move. It relies on this understanding of events: 

House GOP leadership had two problems last night. One was obviously getting his plan out of the House, getting Cap, Cut, Balancers on board. The second: John Boehner needed to give Harry Reid something that he could change. It’s now the Balanced Budget Amendment. 

That second point is a positive spin on what really happened: The whole GOP caucus simply did not buy Boehner’s optimism about forcing Reid to pass an unamended bill. And so by adding the BBA language, the House forfeits the possibility of Harry Reid passing the Boehner bill and sending it to the president untouched. 

So what does the new path look like? This tweaked Budget Control Act will pass the House. The Senate will strip out the BBA language. It will pass the Senate. When it goes back to the House, Boehner loses some of his caucus again, but Pelosi will have to get some of her members on board. If this is such a crisis moment, Democrats are the party in power. Boehner negotiated with his caucus and got an imperfect bill that the Democratic Senate could work with — with a statement of principles in it including the BBA. Then the Democrats, who do run Washington, after all, will have to step up to the plate. 

Ball’s in your court, Harry Reid and Barack Obama, in other words. 

Enter the commenters …  

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This is a brilliant plan to put the ball in the court of Obama and Reid who have assured Americans that without raising the debt ceiling, the United States will default at midnight on 2 August.

Would hope after all of this that some people in the Congress actually understand that the Democrats still run Government with the Senate and White House in their hands.  We can change that in November 2012 but we have a long way to go before that happens.  Time for Republicans to play it smart and keep backing the Senate and Obama into a corner with passing these bills even if the Senate tables them on the orders of Obama.  Then take it to the people how obstructionists that the Senate and Obama are with their refusal to do what is best for the American people by getting the deficit under the control.

It is a tailor made campaign issue that needs to keep being pushed:

House Leadership passed several bills on the debt ceiling that the Senate wouldn't even vote on  electing to table instead.  Is this an example of bi-partisanship that Obama and Reid claim they want?  

Then we always have "Where is the Senate budget?"

This afternoon is  much brighter then it was yesterday at this time.  There is an old saying where there is a will there is a way and the House Republican Leadership are living up to that saying.  No one has worked harder than the Republican House Leadership and its members to try and put a bill together that both sides should want to pass.  The catch -- Democrats got so used to getting only Democrat bills rammed through the Congress for Obama to sign in 2009/2010, that now they balk at any Republican ideas to lower the deficit in a meaningful way.  The Democrats need to grow up and quit acting like spoiled brats.

Radio Address by President Ronald Reagan on the Debt Ceiling, Sep 26, 1987

That's an Adult Moment




This video shows just how smart he was when it came to the debt ceiling.

This is dedicated to all those politicians and their followers who believe that allowing the United States to go into default with not raising the debt ceiling is the way to go. They love to quote President Reagan when it suits their agenda and ignore him when he doesn't follow their agenda. No one can spin what he had to say about the debt ceiling in 1987 -- it is as true today as it was then.

The politicians who yell the loudest about not raising the debt ceiling have no plan of their own but they say an automatic "NO" without bothering to see the details. The lack of knowledge of how the Government works by some members of Congress on both sides is disturbing not to mention their followers who are worse.  We have a group of Freshman Congressman that need a dose of reality because they thought they could go to the White House and deliver a letter to the President but were ignored.  It was pure grandstanding which needs to cease on both sides.  The arrogance by some of the Congressional people knows no bounds today. 

Leadership of the House who were elected to lead the House for these two years vowed to not be like the Democrats were for the last four years and to allow members of Congress to have their say before voting.  They have a voice for their constituents even though those same people tried to silence Republicans. 

Republican Leadership has shown what it is like to be the adults in charge.  Shame some Tea Party people cannot see the forest for the trees as they attack Republicans more than Democrats which is beginning to make their voices have less clout.  When you are always threatening people, pretty soon those people who are threatened are going to turn a deaf ear. 

Too many people in the Tea Party have no idea how the Government works and thought they could elect one branch of Congress and they would get everything they wanted.  That was so naive but then we have been seeing naive comments for years from so-called conservatives who will get behind someone who cannot get elected rather then support somone they agree with 80% of the time which is also the Reagan percentage for choosing candidates.  Very smart man.