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‘Left, Right & Center’: Till Debt Do Us Part

Staff / Truthdig Jul 16, 2011 Another week, another standoff on Capitol Hill over the ever-pressing debt ceiling issue, with President Obama warning Friday of impending economic "Armageddon" if things don't get sorted out soon. So what's the good news? Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama Losing Patience as Republicans Panic

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 16, 2011 At long last, President Obama seems to have run out of patience with the truculent Republicans who have rejected all of his overtures for a budget deal -- just as Moody's and other economic authorities again warned of the potentially catastrophic consequences of a debt default. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Make My Day

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 16, 2011 President Obama has had it up to here with the preening and posturing of Republican "negotiators" who won't negotiate. Who could blame him? Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

‘Entitlement’ Is a Republican Word

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jul 14, 2011 Rather than trying to conciliate the Republicans, Obama ought to speak out against them. The truth is that Boehner, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell don’t want to work with him. Instead of surrendering to Republicans and trying to put a positive spin on it, the president should frankly acknowledge the nation’s miseries. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Obama Can’t Celebrate Yet

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Jul 14, 2011 The wounded are especially dangerous fighters. President Obama now occupies the high ground in the debt ceiling debate, having called the Republicans' bluff on the debt. He showed that deficit reduction is not now, and never has been, the GOP's priority. He dare not get overconfident. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The GOP’s Sick Priorities

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 13, 2011 These threatened programs are not government handouts to a privileged class, like defense contractors and bailed-out bankers, who do feel eminently entitled to pig out at the federal trough.Social Security is a particularly weird whipping boy for what ails us. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Debt Ceiling Dessert

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Something to Squawk About

Eugene Robinson / Truthdig Jul 12, 2011 The truth is that Democrats have made clear they are open to a compromise deal on budget cuts and revenue increases. Republicans have made clear they are not. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Obama’s Raw Deal?

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jul 11, 2011 Suddenly Republican leaders in Congress, after months of staring down the Democrats over a potentially disastrous debt default, began blinking so fast that they might have been signaling in Morse code. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )