[USNBandit]

No way he will ever give up that.

[real saxophonist]

[ClearCase_guy]

The debt ceiling is the real key. We need to leave it where it is.

That will essentially kill Obamacare as a consequence.

[newheart]

What you are missing is the media will characterize even the slightest recalcitrance on the part of the Republicans as obstructionism and will thus blame them for driving the economy over the cliff.

[turn_to]

Do the majority of Americans even want a repeal of Obamacare? I mean, they had their chance last week.

[ari-freedom]

“We’ll give you tax increases for $250k and higher.”

No, not the income tax. We should have a wealth tax on the Hollywood mansions and Buffett’s holdings. That will be fun to watch.

[Vendome]

1. you have to have brass balls. I’m not sure Boehner has any.

2. you need to be an excellent poker player. again, see boehner.

I forget the rest....

[Hardraade]

No deals. No contact. No money, food, water or anything else.

War.

[Rightwing Conspiratr1]

Sorry, but the American people have clearly spoken.
They said, ‘mmm... meh’.

[Drango]

We'll give you tax increases for $250k and higher.

Go away newbie or you will feel the ZOT.

[grey_whiskers]

Tell him the House will go along if he will confiscate all of the wealth (not income, wealth, with no shelters allowed) in Hollywood, Manhattan, and the US Senate.

Cheers!

[SaxxonWoods]

“Here’s hoping that after another 4 years of misery there’s no amount of cheating or media interference that can prevent us from a President Rand Paul.”

(An excerpt from Count C’s only comment at FR.)

[count-your-change]

What you're missing (since you asked) is that the election is over and while it may feel good to fantasize about what you would do if you were able to do it, you aren't.

[Doogle]

..... making a deal with a proven pathological liar is akin to a lamb asking a pack of wolves “what’s for dinner”?

[Artie]

“We’ll give you tax increases for $250k and higher”

Someone please tell me how $250 k is taxing the rich? Taxing the rich starts at at least one million.

[Vigilanteman]

An idea that has real merit. We could even negotiate it as a temporary tax increase in return for a temporary suspension of ObamaCare's implementation.

Think how many more games we could play with this:

1. One green card for every illegal who meets certain conditions indicating they will contribute to the economy in return for every deportation of one who does not.
   
2. Write-off of y% of the student loans in return for privatization of y% of the industry.
   
3. Continued subsidies of PBS on conditions that they meet certain goals for fair and balanced reporting.

[Mister Da]

Here is what you are missing.

Campaign 2014 started last Wednesday. All Reps & 32+ Senators are running for reelection. For most of them, reelection is THE MOST IMPORTANT OBJECTIVE, not the betterment of the country.

As the country descends into financial chaos, virtually all of these Congressmen believe they ALONE have the solutions to our problems. Losing the next election by taking a principled, patriotic position is out of the question. The politician is far more valuable than anything he produces - or so they believe.

This is why we are where we are financially, & where we will continue to go, even as Europe shows us the folly of our direction.

Honor & sacrifice are dead in political America, signaling the beginning of the end of our Republic, now more aptly called a Crony-Republic.

Our founding fathers assumed honorable, patriotic public servants. The Constitution would have been vastly different if it was written for the equivalent of a prison population or organized crime. Freedom, private property, & prosperity cannot survive in this political climate, regardless of what the Constitution says.

[stylin19a]

Lucy always pulls the football away

[Cyber Liberty]

You are missing a *big* thing: No matter whose fault, the Republicans will be blamed. And they’ll accept it too, which is why they’re called “The Stupid Party.”