OK, I will temporarily take you off my "do not respond to this box of rocks" list. I guess I missed the memo from the moderators. Were you appointed the official "arbiter of opinions" and the "forum critic" and the "quality control supervisor"?
I even paid you a COMPLIMENT in another thread, but you obviously didn't notice. However, I will give you credit for noticing that I am a "smart" person.
OK, now you are back on "the list".
July 14, 2011
"Republican leaders trying to wrangle deep spending cuts from President Barack Obama face an even more implacable negotiating partner: their own rank and file.
As they struggle to reach a budget deal that would allow Congress to extend the nation's borrowing authority beyond an August 2 deadline, Republican leaders in the House of Representatives must keep an eye on a back bench that has shown a marked distaste for any sort of compromise.
Republican leaders use a telling phrase when they reject Democratic proposals: any deal that includes taxes "can't pass the House." Junior lawmakers have not been afraid to let their leaders know where they stand and even undercut them at times.
At times it's not clear who's in charge."
("One day, Mitchie...my Turtle-Daddy...it's just gonna be me & YOU.")
