marry what boehner wants right now with what mcconned was talking about next year, where next year it can be are can be raised by the president, only the house would have to come back with a two thirds veto, so it seems there is a possibility for compromise, but the easiest thing is for the president to throw the whole bomb game, say, you win this year, not next year. i don t think he can do that, chris. when you get to a number that big, to an increase in the debt ceiling that that s large, you re inevitably goingç to ha to cut pretty deeply into medicaid, medicare, and entitlement programs in a way that the president has born not to do. he s already got enough problems with his own base. that s the reason why he won t go farther. that s the reason he was trying to add revenue in the big grand discussions with boehner, et cetera, et cetera. i don t think that s an option to go in one tranche. what about my second idea, basically go this year, the wap
marry what boehner wants right now with what mcconned was talking about next year, where next year it can be are can be raised by the president, only the house would have to come back with a two thirds veto, so it seems there is a possibility for compromise, but the easiest thing is for the president to throw the whole bomb game, say, you win this year, not next year. i don t think he can do that, chris. when you get to a number that big, to an increase in the debt ceiling that that s large, you re inevitably goingç to ha to cut pretty deeply into medicaid, medicare, and entitlement programs in a way that the president has born not to do. he s already got enough problems with his own base. that s the reason why he won t go farther. that s the reason he was trying to add revenue in the big grand discussions with boehner, et cetera, et cetera. i don t think that s an option to go in one tranche. what about my second idea, basically go this year, the wap
talking about next year, where next year it can be are can be raised by the president, only the house would have to come back with a two thirds veto, so it seems there is a possibility for compromise, but the easiest thing is for the president to throw the whole bomb game, say, you win this year, not next year. i don t think he can do thatç chris. when you get to a number that big, to an increase in the debt ceiling that that s large, you re inevitably going to have to cut pretty deeply into medicaid, medicare, and entitlement programs in a way that the president has born not to do. he s already got enough problems with his own base. that s the reason why he won t go farther. that s the reason he was trying to add revenue in the big grand discussions with boehner, et cetera, et cetera. i don t think that s an option to go in one tranche.