THIS CONVERSATION IS OVER
Can we please stop talking about this now?
Treasury: We won’t mint a platinum coin to sidestep the debt ceiling
Wall Street Journal: "The White House also has rejected another escape clause: invoking the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution and borrowing more even if
Congress hasn't acted."
[NB: Here's why this is smart. If it looks as if the WH could do something unilaterally to raise the debt limit and it doesn't happen, we're in "share the blame" territory. Obama clearly intends to say, "This is Congress's responsibility, 100 per cent, and if they fail to live up to it they have to deal with the consequences." That's a better political position all the way -- plus, everyone understood that, legal or not, the coin idea was gimmicky and would be seen by most people as a gimmick. You don't play high stakes public finance that way.]
Yes, I want to see a government that "looks like America," but the outrage that Obama has filled four recent Cabinet positions with white men (three of which were HELD by white men and for the fourth, Sect'y of State, he wanted Susan Rice until the Republicans tanked her) has been way too excessive. He has appointed TWO women (and no men) to the Supreme Court and his overall record of appointments is excellent - can we keep this all in perspective please?
James Yeager, gun nut who likes to threaten to kill people on camera, is very very sorry he said it (now that they've taken his gun permit away)
This is what happens when your chief law enforcement officer is someone who answers to a Higher Authority
The Sunday talk show line-ups
ABC’S THIS WEEK: Foreign Policy Roundtable: Armed Services Committee member Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN), ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, Council on Foreign Relations President Richard Haass, and ABC News Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz. Then, Political Roundtable: Paul Krugman; Peggy Noonan; Al Hunt; Judy Woodruff; David Walker, former U.S. comptroller general and founder and CEO of the Comeback America Initiative. Plus bipartisanship with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Huntsman, honorary chairs of No Labels.
CBS’ FACE THE NATION: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Joe Manchin,(D-WV). Then, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, on book tour. Plus Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D), a member of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Campaign, Mayors Against Illegal Gun. Roundtable: John Dickerson, Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Amy Walter.
CHRIS HAYES: Diversity in Obama’s cabinet, Brennan & the CIA, accountability for doping in sports. Joy Reid, MSNBC Contributor and managing editor of TheGrio.com. John McWhorter,
professor of Linguistics and American Studies at Columbia University,
contributing editor at the New Republic and New York Daily News
columnist. Eli Lake, senior national security reporter for Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Amy Goodman,
host and executive producer of “Democracy Now!” and co-author of “The
Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance &
Hope.” Dave Zirin, columnist for The Nation and author of “The John Carlos Story: The Sports Moment That Changed the World.” Tara McGuinness, executive director, Center for America Progress Action Fund. Chris Anders, senior legislative counsel at the American Civil Liberties Union.
CNN’S STATE OF THE UNION: NRA President David Keene. Then, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT). Also, bipartisanship with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Jon Huntsman, honorary chairs of No Labels.. Roundtable: Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD), Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Jeff Zeleny, Michael Scherer.
Fareed Zakaria GPS: Peter Beinart (Daily Beast); Bret Stephens (Wall Street Journal); Hermitage Capital Management CEO William Browder; Author Stephen Cohen; Author Bruce Bartlett; Jeffrey Toobin (CNN).
MOYERS & COMPANY: Paul Krugman on
Why Jobs Come First. The New York Times columnist explains why our top
priority should be getting America back to work – if only Washington
would stop throwing distractions in the way.
NBC’S MEET THE PRESS: Colin Powell. Roundtable: Cory Booker, Haley Barbour, Mike Murphy, Andrea Mitchell.
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