Compromise!?

Could it be .....

Boehner: House will compromise on debt limit
ANDREW TAYLOR,Associated Press


WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker John Boehner predicted Thursday that a majority of House Republicans will end up supporting some kind of compromise as the Senate began debating a House-passed effort to tie an increase in the debt ceiling to conservative demands for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., called up the measure to placate Republicans demanding a vote. But he said it "doesn't have one chance in a million of passing the Senate."

At a news conference, Boehner told reporters, "Frankly, I think it would be irresponsible on behalf of the Congress and the president not to be looking at back-up strategies for how to solve this problem."

"At the end of the day, we have a responsibility to act," the Ohio Republican said.

This whole debt ceiling default fear never had to happen. Approve the debt increase, then go after legislation to reduce the deficit, if that is what lawmakers want to do. Instead, they have created this - no more debt or die crusade that has stalled the economy, sent fear through financial markets, and further eroded faith in elected officials handling things responsibly and cooperatively.