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Mr. Speaker, Mr. Gergen is right.   We remember Abraham Lincoln
winning the war. Not Congress.    We remember Herbert Hoover
causing the Great Depression. Not Congress.      We credit
Ronald Reagan with cutting taxes. Not Congress.   We praise Bill
Clinton for balancing a budget. Not Congress.           Get
Alerts     • nepanyrush      A notable exception was the federal
government shutdown of 1995 and 1996, which got blamed on
Congress, not on Clinton.      But Clinton did get the credit
for welfare reform and a balanced budget, even though it was
clearly the Republican Congress.      The Republicans have to
play this right or they will get the blame, because the media
remains overwhelming in Obama’s pocket..    • sowa1      Do not
raise the debt limit without trillions of dollars of cuts, and
make sure they have to be implemented. Usually, we are promised
cuts and they never come to pass. The people stand with the
Republicans. CUT,CAP, and BALA