Can America's leaders FIND the same page, much less get on it?

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

The title of this thread is taken from FNC's home page. Great article.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...house-all-over-map-on-fiscal-crisis-solution/​

Congress, White House all over the map on fiscal crisis solution

If actions speak louder than words, then the rhetoric coming from Washington is making it harder to believe lawmakers can act on anything that might end the ongoing fiscal crisis -- or even point themselves in the same direction.

All sides are offering a different solution. Cracks are even beginning to show in the Democrats' approach. President Obama told reporters on Tuesday he's "absolutely" willing to accept a short-term measure to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling, and negotiate with Republicans after that.

But hours later, Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid introduced a bill that would approve a debt ceiling increase through the end of next year.

Meanwhile, House Republicans passed a measure to create a bipartisan "super committee" to negotiate the budget and debt-ceiling impasse. Yet the idea was privately panned by Republican lawmakers and publicly ridiculed by Democrats as "stupid." A "super committee" was last created to hash out a deficit-cutting package -- but the members failed, triggering the so-called "sequester" which cut spending across the board.

Click on the link to read more. It speaks of economic uncertainty as this shutdown portends unprecedented issues for the stock market and the job market, while various factions of both parties shoot themselves and each other in the foot by speaking off the cuff.

 

[evenifigoalone]

No, no they can't.

 

[thisnumbersdisconnected]

No, no they can't.

I'm inclined to think you're right. :thumbsup:

 

[InTheLight]

Not only are the Dems fractured, but even tea party members are starting to divide.

 

[Aaron]

Ted Cruz is on the right page.