Yesterday a member of the S&P credit rating board said for the first time that politicians suggesting a temporary US default might not be so bad was a key reason in itself for the S&P’s downgrade of US debt. In response congressional Republicans are today pressing the point that they never doubted the seriousness of the US going into default. And some other publications are accepting that claim at face value. But there are actually numerous examples of top congressional Republicans openly doubting whether a temporary US default would really be such a big deal.
Wherein Washington gets the vapors over the President planning to throw a few elbows to win re-election.
Addendum: As silly as the mock outrage is, the President’s re-election campaign is letting it get the best of them.
Anti-gay marriage pol muddles his message by offering to pay an 18 year old boy he met on craigslist $80 for a “really good time.”
Gallup is out with their first congressional generic ballot of the season. And it shows the Dems back in a solid if not commanding lead over congressional Republicans.
Here’s the chart for the Gallup poll only going back to November 2009 …
One thing I’ve learned from all the reader email we’ve gotten on this subject this morning is how much UPS for instance relies on the US Postal Service for final delivery of many packages.
TPM Reader DW explains …
I work in online retail, so I know quite a bit about sending packages through different carriers.
Here’s some things you might not know…