Debt Ceiling Talks: Republicans Their Own Worst Enemy

The article, “Debt Ceiling Talks: Republicans Their Own Worst" was written by Andy Sullivan for the Huffington Post. This article caught my attention because it is putting light on who to blame for trying to fix the debt. The problems surrounding our country’s debt have been all over the news and internet and it is becoming difficult to understand what each party is fighting for. I feel that this article sort of helped me understand what both the Democrats and Republicans want to happen with raising the debt ceiling. This article was written for a more liberal political blog and the author was probably trying to reach his liberal readers. This article also criticizes the Republican Party and says that they are starting to go against each other. Sullivan says that Republicans in Congress now not only have to go against Obama and other Democrats but now the Republicans are starting to fight each other. Sullivan says that Republican leaders are making it clear that all Republican members of Congress won’t pass any deal that includes increasing taxes. Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were trying to create a plan that both sides would be happy with but members of both parties quickly said they would not pass it. Sullivan says that dozens of Congressmen aren’t even interested in any sort of deal between the parties and that is a pretty scary thing.  Many Republicans in both the House and Senate are criticizing Boehner because he has been trying to work out things with Obama and they believe Obama is influencing him too much. Sullivan makes it clear that a lot of the fighting between both parties is caused by the upcoming presidential election in 2012 and has nothing to do with the debt ceiling problem. Both parties are trying to blame the other for the controversy in hopes of hurting their chances in the election.  I agree with the author that both parties should be blamed but by reading the news recently, I feel that the Republican Party is more to blame. There have been Congressmen that have come out and said they will vote against anything that Obama proposes, even if it will better the economy and country. American politics have become very divided and I feel that people are losing hope in both parties. I think that the Democratic Party is trying harder at compromising with Republicans to get something passed so that our country’s economy will not collapse and default. I think that Republican Congressmen have become very selfish and only care about getting a Republican president in 2012. Also, any mention of tax increases for the wealthy, even with them being at their lowest since the 1950s, makes Republicans refuse to approve anything.