Remember the other day I said Obama’s plan would be basically an idea written on a cocktail napkin? Even better, as the New York magazine explains: Obama’s debt plan: those other dudes’ debt plan
Tomorrow afternoon, President Obama will enter the debt-reduction debate when he gives a speech at George Washington University, offering up his own plan to counter that of Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan. And by “own plan,” we mean he’s reportedly going to get behind the Senate’s bi-partisan Gang of 6 — three Democrats and three Republicans who have been working for months to craft legislation based around the recommendations by the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform, also known as the Simpson-Bowles Commission. As the Washington Post reports:
Obama will not blaze a fresh path when he delivers a much-anticipated speech Wednesday afternoon at George Washington University. Instead, he is expected to offer support for the commission’s work and a related effort underway in the Senate to develop a strategy for curbing borrowing. Obama will frame the approach as a responsible alternative to the 2012 plan unveiled last week by House Republicans, according to people briefed by the White House.
Because actually coming up with his own plan would be hawd woik!
And even better, the plan Barry will endorse (so he can get 18 holes in) hasn’t even been completed yet! So Barry doesn’t even know what’s in it. But, he knows he has to make a speech, because that will solve all out problems.
