Lack of Leadership

The most recent budget -- over $1,000,000,000,000 -- was unanimously voted down by the Democratic-controlled Senate, 99-0.  What is wrong with the President that he can't even negotiate with his own party?  Or is this all a ruse?  Perhaps the nod-nod-wink-wink understanding between them was this:  "We'll propose a ridiculous, over-the-top budget and then you'll vote it down.  Afterward, we'll be on the campaign trail wringing our hands about the gridlock, do-nothing, Republican Congress and the stupid Americans who don't follow things that closely won't know the difference.  So we'll score a few demagogic election points for this."

Here the country is heading for a major financial cliff once again, with the ratings agencies about ready to downgrade the US again -- like Spain, Italy and Greece -- and these jokers are playing political games.

Where's the leadership?   Oh, I forgot, he doesn't have any.

For some analysis, go here:

Washington Times

Here's a quote from that article:

"The White House has held its proposal out as a 'balanced approach' to beginning to rein in deficits. It calls for tax increases to begin to offset higher spending, and would begin to level off debt as a percentage of the economy by 2022. It would produce $6.4 trillion in new deficits over that time."

This is the same game they've been playing for years.  Increase taxes and spend the revenues on projects that will bring the Democrats votes, usually social programs like EBT (aka food stamps) and bailing out or investing in political cronies.  Both sides do it, but the Democrats are by far the most egregious.