I think they were the kind who told their kids they could do no wrong. And if they didn't feel like going back to school after a long, self-indulgent summer vacation, well, that's okay. Or if they felt like going back to school at 6 pm rather than 8 am like everyone else in the world does, well, that was okay, too.
A White House official said Mr. Obama and his advisers had chosen Wednesday because it was Congress’s first day back.
President Obama seems to have been brought up differently. He gets there on time and he works. After Labor Day weekend, the rest of the world is back at work Tuesday morning. Not Congressional Republicans. They're not even back on Wednesday morning.
"The debate was never really an issue," because there are a total of 20 and three this month alone, said the official, who would not allow his name to be used because he was not authorized to speak publicly. "Had Mr. Boehner told us he had a problem with Wednesday this morning," when the White House consulted him, the official said, "we would have done Thursday from the beginning."
The scheduling clash came at a time when public confidence in Washington to move beyond partisan bickering is at historic lows. The fracas also had the potential to rattle already jittery markets. ...NYT
Those fat little Republicans, the really spoiled kids, don't care how much damage they do. Truth be told, they love it.
