No 'common sense' caucus possible with this president

“As a rule of thumb, Congressional legislation that is bipartisan is usually twice as bad as legislation that is partisan.” ~ Thomas Sowell

When Obama talks about a common sense caucus, I think he's using several of the urban dictionary's definitions for 'common sense':

bunch of bullshit, used to support all sorts of bullshit... Common sense is what -I- think others should know.

Pretty much. And that's what Republicans should expect from Obama's GOP date night (yes, even McRINO, Grahamnesty and other wobblers)...

theAtlanticWire: Obama will have dinner Wednesday night with 11 Republican senators: Ron Johnson, John Hoeven, Pat Toomey, Lindsey Graham, John McCain, Bob Corker, Kelly Ayotte, Dan Coats, Tom Coburn, Richard Burr, and Mike Johanns. He will attend Senate Republicans weekly lunch next week, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced. "Senate Republicans welcome the President to the Capitol. And I appreciate he took my recommendation to hear from all of my members," McConnell said in a statement. (Obama hasn't lunched with them since May 2010, Roll Call notes.) Obama will also meet with House Republicans, House Democrats, and Senate Democrats. And Obama has been making phone calls, The New York Times reports, to at least six Republicans since the weekend.

And now senators being courted are praising Obama for the courting. "I think this is going to pay dividends for the country," Graham told Roll Call. (Graham has floated agreeing to $600 billion in new revenue in a budget deal.) "It's long overdue," Maine Sen. Susan Collins said, but, "Even though it may be belated, at least the president does seem to be extending an olive branch." She is hopeful for the common sense caucus. Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson echoed that sentiment to the Times today: "I've always said I'm willing to work with anybody who's willing to acknowledge the problem to solve it. Maybe that got noticed." Tellingly, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt tells Roll Call a phone call won't get Obama more tax revenue, but then, Blunt hasn't gotten one of those coveted phone calls yet. Obama aides have only made overtures.

Senators, don't fall for this shyster's bullshit...particularly when the public by a nearly 2-1 margin (61% - 33%) supports cutting the overall budget along the lines of the sequester that took effect last Friday! The President's fear-mongering is not paying off.

Oh, and while you're sipping wine and feasting on filet with the President, why don't you guys ask him why he's not making similarly equal across-the-board cuts in entitlement programs as he's making in defense?

Real common sense would dictate that forming a bipartisan alliance with the despotic intentions of this manipulative president is an absolute mistake.There can be no 'common sense' caucus with Barack Obama, by definition.