As with the debt ceiling crisis in 2011, as this one hoves into view, President Obama is using a somewhat startling argument: [Raising the debt ceiling] "...says you (sic) got to pay the bills that you've already racked up, Congress." Hmmm....That is an interesting formulation.  Of course, it is the despair of all Republicans and conservatives that our guys either cannot or will not make an argument in the public forum.  Whatever else you can say about the president, he is making his case in public. But it is an interesting case.  Congress' bills (meaning debts)?  Well, technically that is true.  But the argument is "Mr. President, we thought that we were acquiescing, however reluctantly, to your spending levels, your spending programs, your priorities.  While as Republicans we did not agree with them, we were acquiescing to them in the spirit of compromise, in respect to your office, and as part of making a republican government of...(Read Full Post)