If Obama is not issuing new proposals, he might as well be on strike. He is not doing his job, which is to avert crises.
Obama is the one man in America at whose desk the buck stops — not John Boehner or Mitch McConnell, who are merely legislators representing a district and a state, jobs which they’re doing well by standing firm on taxes as they promised their constituents they would do if elected.
The problem is that Obama has no executive abilities, such as successfully resolving conflicts, because he has had no executive experience. He might as well be asked to perform brain surgery, which he also has no experience doing, as being asked now to successfully lead budget negotiations to a responsible conclusion — something he has not been able to do for the past three-plus years since we have not had a budget during that time.
The only realistic alternative to going over the cliff in four days would be for Obama to ask the leaders of his bi-partisan budget commission — Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles — to come to Washington and present another iteration of their bi-partisan proposals. Which every Congressman and Senator should then support in order to save the country from financial collapse. But it’s a fantasy to think Obama would care enough about our country to do such a thing.
Obama has a plan and Boehner will agree to it.
Why else would bath house barry have left Hawaii early-—unless it was to get away from the Wookie and have a week with a “friend”.
Will he take the Executive Order scenario?