“ i think the republicans need to stand rigidly firm and shut the government down for a few days .
if the republicans still harbor any doubts about whether or not they should shut down the government , those doubts should be long gone for one simple reason : if david stockman is for it , it must be a bad idea .
“ bring it on , ” stockman told me thursday morning from his estate in greenwich , connecticut — some 40 hours before the midnight friday deadline that , absent an agreement between president obama , senate majority leader harry reid and house speaker john boehner , will result in furloughs , federal dysfunction and untold harm to the fragile economy .
the obama white house is weak .
” former budget director david stockman says america must deal with its mountain of debt , and faces an epoch of falling incomes and a stalled economy .
( photo : douglas healey , bloomberg getty images ) leave it to david stockman , the acid - tongued former budget director for president reagan , to make you feel even worse .
” stockman described the impending showdown as a “ wakeup call”—the political equivalent of getting whacked in the head by a two - by - four containing a rusty nail .
and the republicans will fold faster than a lawn chair .
and the republicans will fold faster than a lawn chair .