Obama presses on debt deal: "It's decision time" (GOP "Leaders" ready to sell-out, again)

cbs ^ | 7/14/2011 | Brian Montopoli

[tobyhill]

President Obama told lawmakers at Thursday's White House meeting to reach a deal to increase the debt limit that "it's decision time," a Democratic official familiar with the talks told CBS News, and pressed Congressional leaders to go back to their respective caucuses to get a deal done within the next 24 to 36 hours.

Following an acrimonious meeting on Wednesday, in which Mr. Obama and GOP Rep. Eric Cantor has some tense moments, the official said Thursday's meeting was "very cordial" -- though there continued to be no breakthrough. The meeting ran for an hour and 19 minutes, and the official said President Obama told Congressional leaders that they now had all the information they needed -- "in detail" -- to potentially get the deal done.

The Democratic official said Mr. Obama reiterated his opposition to a short-term deal Thursday, saying it could cause a negative reaction in the markets. The official said the president said a $2 trillion deal was possible if all sides would give a little.

[Girlene]

Call his bluff.

[Texas Eagle]

President Obama told lawmakers at Thursday's White House meeting to reach a deal to increase the debt limit that "it's decision time," a Democratic official familiar with the talks told CBS News,

Uh-oh. Sounds like Ubama finally went all Craig Livingstone and busted out the FBI files.

Stand strong, Pubbies! Make him call his bluff!

[Candor7]

Obama does not want a deal.

Obama wants to create a crisis according to his Saul Alinsky game plan.

[niteowl77]

President Obama told Congressional leaders that they now had all the information they needed -- "in detail" -- to potentially get the deal done.

"I find your lack of sycophancy disturbing. The debt star is almost fully operational, and Mr. Emperor expects you to play your roles this one last time. Now GO!!!"

[Rapscallion]

Obama’s biography and his auto-biography are lies. He is not the person he pretends to be.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

EAT YOUR PEAS

[A CA Guy]

Follow the money trail of every Republican that votes for this cr@p. Check out their last ten years and moniter the next ten, and recall.

[mardi59]

Howdy Doody is in way over his head. The Lil Dictator is losing it. Come on Cantor, call his bluff and let him hang himself on his own lies.

[tet68]

A whole hour and nineteen minutes?
I say lock them in a room and they don’t come
out till they have an agreement with no new
taxes.

[Mr. K]

CONTACT BOEHNER HERE

http://www.speaker.gov/Contact/

Tell him to grow a pair or resign and give the job to someone with bigger balls than him- like Michelle Bachman

[Mr. K]

CONTACT BOEHNER HERE

http://www.speaker.gov/Contact/

Tell him to grow a pair or resign and give the job to someone with bigger balls than him- like Michelle Bachman

[oldbrowser]

Here's my plan:
If the nonessential functions of government are shut down for a couple of months that would save about 15 percent of the annual budget. That would include the house and senate and their staffs.
With additional refinements after the first year we can then do it every year until the deficit is brought under control.

[Tzimisce]

We’re going to take your money AND your freedom.

You can thank us now. :)

[mrsmith]

“Democratic official said... “

thats redundant in a CBS report...

[Hojczyk]

They will cave...they are fools going up there... should have passed a bill..if the senate vetoed it you have a marker...now your marker is OBAMA got everything and we get nothing...three fools trying to make a deal...I'm never giving another dime to the GOP..Let the country go broke..Obama played the Gop for fools...if they let it go passed the dead line..the Rats will say this caused the economy to slow down..Send the senate a bill you fools.

[Cheetahcat]

I want the complete Idiots that put the weeper wino in as speaker,too answer for this travesty!

[hinckley buzzard]

Since when does this insipid geek tell Congress what to do? Oh yeah--since Boehner and McConnell crawled on their knees to the White House. F*ing pathetic.

[niteowl77]

Obama’s biography and his auto-biography are lies. He is not the person he pretends to be.

I agree that he is a chameleon, but he is still a carefully nurtured and thoroughly capable figurehead for evil people who are - to be blunt - eating our lunch on a regular basis. He isn't omnipotent, but the organization behind him is remarkably effective and deadly serious, while the GOP appears to be - particularly in the senate - a hapless collection of feckless nonentities who appear to actually be grateful for the smallest crumb from the Democrats' table.

Mr. niteowl77

[Stepan12]