Comments on: Boehner digs in on spending cuts, saying $33B is ‘not enough’ https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/boehner-digs-in-on-spending-cuts-saying-33b-is-not-enough/ Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/boehner-digs-in-on-spending-cuts-saying-33b-is-not-enough/#comment-16442 Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:14:18 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=8334#comment-16442 Follow up. Seems Reed thought if he said Boehner had agreed to a deal but was backing out, Boehner would agree to anything to not look like he was the obstructionist.

Didn’t work out that way.

]]> By: Kelly Starks https://behindtheblack.com/behind-the-black/points-of-information/boehner-digs-in-on-spending-cuts-saying-33b-is-not-enough/#comment-16229 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:18:53 +0000 http://behindtheblack.com/?p=8334#comment-16229 >> “We’re continuing to talk, but the stuff that’s left is the stuff that Reid is telling [negotiators] they can’t budge on,” the GOP aide said. <<

I don’t get what Reed was playing at by claiming they had a deal, then when Boehner said that was wrong, claiming the “extremist” tea party forced Boehner to back down? Obviously Boehner is not going to back him up – and after that would be even less willing to deal or trust Reed, and given the popularity of the tea party with the public, Reed isn’t going to win voter support? Also Reed’s demands to be in charge just seem like he wants his last 2 years heading the senate to be – interesting.

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