Good morning everyone. Aren't we excited from a Senate vote on the debt ceiling taking place around noon today? You're not?
Mitt Romney's not. And even though "Mittens" is embracing a tea party stance on the plan that Congress is about to approve, it's questionable if that will help him with that group. Stunningly, a Wall Street Journal columnist today attacks President Obama on virtually every ground possible, and say at the end that there is "zero likelihood" that Romney or any other Republican can beat the President next year.
Hillsborough County GOP power broker Sam Rashid is weighing with an op-ed in the Tampa Tribune today on the debt ceiling crises. Rashid says he's all up for paying taxes, if Congress approves a Balanced Budget Amendment.
Speaking of Republicans and taxes, yesterday's vote on a millage increase for HART in Hillsborough County illustrated how that line can separate some ideological representatives from others.
And Adam Hasner and George LeMieux have their opinions on the debt ceiling deal, and each other.
This article appears in Jul 28 – Aug 3, 2011.