US gubmint shutdown + default + subprime sequel?

[TinCow]

I thought the overpaid Democrat Washington elites lived in Montgomery County, MD. Virginia (even NoVa) is too red-state for them.

Too Red State? Virginia went for Obama in 2008, and both of its sitting Senators are Democrats. VA has been a swing-state for the last 10 years, largely due to NoVa and the peninsula.

[drone]

Too Red State? Virginia went for Obama in 2008, and both of its sitting Senators are Democrats. VA has been a swing-state for the last 10 years, largely due to NoVa and the peninsula.

Everything is relative. VA is more of an old-school Southern conservative-type state, the reason we have Democrats as Senators is because the GOP put forth idiots (Allen/ Gilmore) against them. And our Dems could never be mistaken for those pinkos from Maryland!

[Vladimir]

I not too sure what the problem is really here Obama says 3-1 cut to taxes and thats usually the way most people like it despite what they tell the news.

Do the Rep people really want to push this when there is a solution on the table, crashing the government is hardly likely to endear them to voters.

"Read my lips. No new taxes." Similar promises have been made and the cuts never happened. That is the danger here. It looks like one side is willing to deal but it's quicker to raise taxes so the other side doesn't have to follow through with cuts.

Yeah, the blogger is a lawyer, not sure how that disqualifies him from looking at numbers. Didn't see any reference to NOVA; are you talking about the PBS show or something else?

Furthermore, the bulk of bullet points were cross-referenced from here. Frum is what conservatives used to be, and I rarely find him to be alarmist or hyperbolic.

Sorry Lemur; making a reference to Northern Virginia. It's that he's echoing the party line and is trying to set a certain mood.