PrintAugust 6, 2011
No Grand Bargains with Democrats
Charles Krauthammer is wrong and Mitch McConnell's right. At least Senator McConnell was right back in July when he said the GOP's priority is to defeat Barack Obama in 2012. And convincingly win GOP congressional majorities, too. On the other hand, Dr. Krauthammer has a new Washington Post column calling for a "grand compromise" between Democrats and Republicans to achieve monumental deficit and debt reduction. Dr. Krauthammer's argument is flawed on many levels. Let's take a look.
First, Dr. Krauthammer is relying on the so-called super-committee created by the recent debt deal between President Obama and Republicans to drive historic change. Good luck. Committees anywhere tend to be unwieldy; self-serving members bring their own agendas, forcing compromises that dilute focus and result in elephants being created where giraffes were needed.
A congressional super-committee will seethe with self-obsessed and scheming members and...(Read Full Article)
