Robert Kuttner: The Gang of Six and Other Rogues
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 13th, 2011 4:44 am by HL
Robert Kuttner: The Gang of Six and Other Rogues
Democrats should be enjoying a nice political windfall thanks to the Republicans’ blunder on Medicare. But watch for the bipartisan Gang of Six to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory. In the most likely budget compromise, the differences between the parties will collapse in a largely conservative direction. Republicans will win on gutting social spending, aborting a fragile recovery, humbling the president, and undercutting his re-election chances. Heckuva job, Gang of Six.
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