they will come up with some proposal that allows republicans to say they voted against raising the debt ceiling, but by giving the president the responsibility for raising the debt ceiling, they get it done. right, right. so it it s sort of a face-saving device. it doesn t do a damn thing about the deficit. right. but let s them kind of finesse this period, and then in august and september they can get on to talking about the gang of six proposal. jonathan, you brought the fig leafs again, you and i talked about this over the weekend. with the ccb passed right now, tea party-supported candidates, 87 of them, are all the fig leafs out there right now? can we roll up our sleeves and get some work done? well, we don t quite know what the mcconnell/reid or reid/mcconnell fig leaf will be. they are negotiating that right now. the first fig leaf, i call it the big fudge to change
87 of them, are all the fig leafs out there right now? can we roll up our sleeves and get some work done? well, we don t quite know what the mcconnell/reid or reid/mcconnell fig leaf will be. they are negotiating that right now. the first fig leaf, i call it the big fudge to change metaphors that senator mcconnell offered was problematic for democrats because it required the president to go back three times between now and the election to get the debt ceiling raise sfld in stag raised. in stages. after what we ve been through you d have to have your head examined to sign on to that if you re the president or democrats so they are going try to amend what mcconnell proposed, but something along those lines is likely to come out of this proses. jonathan alter, thanks so much for that. 13 days ahead of us and hope to see some progress. thanks, richard. has the discussion over michele bachmann s health taken