Republicans Vs. Democrats...Ding ding ding

In class we have talked a lot about debates and the back and forth that goes on between the republican and democratic parties in the U.S. government. As I was frantically looking for articles on foxnews.com I came across this story of how the republicans are fighting the democrats on raising the national debt limit. The story goes on to explain how the democrats want to raise the national debt limit another $1.8 trillion from its current set limit at $12.1 trillion. This article intrigued me more on the side of the debate between the two parties more than the actual issue at hand. In class we talked a lot about campaign debates and how candidates are constantly trying to put themselves ahead of the competition and i think this article does a good job at showing us how this happens in party terms. It shows how the two main parties are constantly going at it on issues and they are always fighting for an issue to go their way. The article explains that although republicans are fighting to stop the democrats from hiking the national debt limit they know it is probably to late to do anything about this current hike therefore the republicans are putting themselves into a position to fight it the next time the democrats propose to raise it again. It is interesting to see how the two parties are constantly at odds to make sure the other is staying within the boundaries they have set for each other. I also think it shows how debates are not just for political candidates but also for the individuals in the house.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/11/republicans-try-freeze-national-debt-limit/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%253A+foxnews%252Fpolitics+%2528FOXNews.com+-+Politics%2529