Jul 13, 2011 – (AP) — Attempting to blunt criticism of his recent proposal to for avoiding debt default by transferring full power to raise the debt ceiling to the White House, Senator Mitch McConnell recently released a more detailed proposal. The full McConnell plan stipulates that the President will be 100% responsible for anything bad that happens in the economy and the Republicans will be given credit for anything good that happens.
In explaining the proposal McConnell attempted to allay conservative fears that making the President look bad was not his top priority. “All Republicans are fully committed to resolving this crisis, or not resolving it, in a way that makes the President look bad. Above all, our empty headed constitutes sent us here to Washington to posture and my proposal will stipulate that Republican posturing is codified in law.”