Check out this strange claim from John Boehner as he announced his proposal for a short-term, six-month debt limit extension:
Listen, this legislation reflects, uh, a bipartisan negotiation over the weekend with, uh, colleagues in the Senate, and as a result, uh, of this bipartisan negotiation, I would call this plan less than perfect.
To give you a sense of just how "bipartisan" Boehner's proposal really is, take a look at this screen grab from his announcement.
And it gets worse: when reporters asked him if he thought he could get the bill passed in the House, Boehner wouldn't answer the question, instead asking House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy to take the microphone. McCarthy, amazingly, couldn't guarantee its passage.
So Boehner says he's got a bipartisan proposal to save the day, but not only is it clearly not bipartisan, he might not even have enough votes to pass it through the House. What a complete disaster he's turning out to be.
1:36 PM PT: And just in case you've been living under a rock, Boehner is living on another planet when he claims his approach is bipartisan: both President Obama and Harry Reid have made it clear that a short-term deal is a nonstarter. They do not want to see us punt, only to have the same fight six months from now over the same issues.
1:42 PM PT: Oh, I stand corrected: as Loge points out, when Boehner said it was a bipartisan deal, he must have meant it was a deal between teapartiers and Republicans. Sorry! Makes total sense now! (Everybody knows how bipartisan those crazy kids are.)
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