I think it's pretty naive to assume there wasn't a clear game plan on the way in. Mnuchin and Mulvaney were on the same page.
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Mitch McConnell publicly announced a week ago that GOP would raise ceiling no matter what. Negotiations were over before they started
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So did Trump, so did Dems. Providing assurance to financial markets & voters that debt ceiling would be raised doesn't = surrender.
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"oh its so terrible that we caved on 18 months, & 12, & were about to cave on 6 when Trump agreed to 3" is a garbage angle of complaint
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Always appreciate your POV, but disagree.
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disagreement is no prob but there was never a good faith effort here by GOP leadership to not raise the ceiling. they were 100% going to
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