Republicans Say They’ve Already Agreed To A Concession In Debt Fight: Raising The Debt Limit

Republican leaders won't accept tax increases in exchange for deep entitlement cuts, and say they'll only raise the national debt limit in exchange for a spending cut package that's revenue neutral.

That leaves them vulnerable to the charge that they're not negotiating in good faith -- that they're refusing to budge on anything of ideological importance to them under the threat of a catastrophic debt default. So they need an answer when pressed: If President Obama has agreed in principle to cut entitlements, over howls of protests from members of his party, what are Republicans prepared to offer that amounts to similar political risk in their own party.

Here's what they've settled on: We'll agree to raise the debt limit!

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/07/republicans-say-theyve-already-agreed-to-a-concession-in-debt-fight-raising-the-debt-limit.php

during the Bush administration? L-A-M-E. Can't wait to see the media spin on this.

"What I don't think the White House understands is how difficult it is for fiscal conservatives to say they're going to vote to pay for a debt ceiling increase."

You did it for Bush, you lying pile of excrement!

Chop the Pentagon budget in half and raise the debt ceiling.