"Later this week the president is going to speak about his approach to long-term deficit reduction," Plouffe said on CNN... "He's going to be clear about the type of deficit reduction we need in terms of dollar amounts, over what period of years..."
The White House advisor did not offer specifics of the president's plan, but he said that all options were on the table... "Obviously you've got to look everywhere; it's got to be a balanced approach. Every corner of the federal government has to be looked at here," he said.
Last week, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) introduced the GOP's budget blueprint for fiscal 2012... The ambitious legislation, which has virtually no chance of being approved in the Senate, reduces 10 years of deficits by $1.649 trillion compared to the status quo, and balances the budget shortly before 2040.
Let me be the very first to predict that Obama's efforts at deficit reduction will be about as successful as a Nissan Versa's ability to stop the Sendai Tsunami.
The Democrat Party is the federal bureaucracy. Any attempts to slash the latter mortally wounds the former. And remember: the public sector union bosses spent tens of millions of dollars electing Obama in 2008.
And he's counting on the unions to pony up hundreds of million in 2012.
So there's as much chance of Obama slashing the size of government as there is Michael Moore begging off a second helping of mashed potatoes.
Update: An anonymized commenter wins our coveted Comment o' the Day Award.
This will be very predictable. Obama will spend all week looking at polling to determine what he can get away with saying. He will then stand up and make a speech, littered with references to himself, green energy, green jobs, and absolutely wild lies about the cost of Obamacare. He will claim he is the polar opposite of what he is. He will close by bashing the obstructionist and dangerous Republicans who want crazy things like smaller government and less spending.
He will have given no specifics. Then he will play some more golf.
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This will be very predictable. Obama will spend all week looking at polling to determine what he can get away with saying. He will then stand up and make a speech, littered with references to himself, green energy, green jobs, and absolutely wild lies about the cost of Obamacare. He will claim he is the polar opposite of what he is. He will close by bashing the obstructionist and dangerous Republicans who want crazy things like smaller government and less spending.
ReplyDeleteHe will have given no specifics. Then he will play some more golf.
I was going to comment, but I can't add anything to what Anonymous 6:34 PM just said.
ReplyDeleteThe Obama Doctrine in Six Words.
ReplyDeleteTake Credit, Pass Blame, Blow Smoke.
Someone thought I was unserious when I noted: Boehner wouldn't commit to "everything on the table" and so Obama, in true Clintonesque form, is jumping to the head of THAT line. He let the GOP do all the heavy lifting, gauged the energy behind the idea, forced them to back off of it, and now he owns the "serious about the budget" label. Anything the GOP tries to do to re-capture the argument will be painted as, well, we know the drill.
ReplyDeleteObama is not a genius. He doesn't have to be.