Did Mitch cave on the debt ceiling?

**Hoot Gibson** · 10-08-2021, 06:29 PM

(10-08-2021, 05:17 PM)Cardfan1 Wrote:
(10-08-2021, 04:59 PM)The Outsider Wrote: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...li=BBnb7Kz

I don't believe that he did. He has something else up his sleeve and is just laying a trap for the Dems.
Agreed. I believe this is a strategic retreat. The line the GOP tried to use about debt limit and future spending was shot down pretty easily but next time it may not be if Dems can pass infrastructure and start on budget reconciliation.

Strategic retreat? McConnell's move pushes the date that Democrats will be forced to suspend or raise the debt to a ridiculous level as they push an unpopular spending bill closer to the 2020 elections. Cutting a deal now also is evidence of how reasonable Republicans have been, a fact that Republican candidates will use if Republicans play hardball later.

With his job approval rating plunging into the upper 30s, I seriously doubt that Biden is going to get much more of his big-spending socialist agenda through Congress before he is pushed out of office.