[milwguy]

Obama has to believe the American people are dumber than he is. Raising the age for Medicare while ObamaCare covers those same people is really taking on a 'sacred cow'.

ObamaCare will blow a hole in the budget already, raising the age for Medicare will only make the problem worse. This fool has the temerity to actually claim he is being courageous by moving Medicare people onto ObamaCare?

This whole debt ceiling 'negotiation' is turning into a farce, it is obvious the POTUS is not serious about facing up to America's problems. His Feb budget was voted down 97-0 in the Senate, and now he tries to pretend he is a budget cutting fiscal conservative? Give me a break!

[musicman]

"Obama said he would only agree to the "change" (in Medicare) if it was part of a major deal on spending, and it demonstrated his commitment to taking on "sacred cows," the official said. "

[GeronL]

Like Rush said, the GOP should offer a tax on union members, GE and GM.

real compromise.

lol

[Nachum]

The idea of raising the age of qualification for Medicare is something that is going to have to occur anyway. Medicare is a huge ponzi scheme and it is unaffordable.

The problem is that he wants massive tax increases on top of the cut and to cover those not yet 65 by Obamacare, thereby negating any savings from the cut.

It is merely more of the same. Obama is a used car salesman. A bad one at that.

[newzjunkey]

It’s somehow fitting this fell right above “Gonorrhoea strain found to be ‘resistant to antibiotics’”

[Cobra64]

Obama could pull one stunt that would put a dent in the budget, AND get him re-elected:

Eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency and all its associated rules and regulations.