[dogcaller]

Obama address to the nation: “I am not a dick”.

[Sooth2222]

What parts of the Nation are home watching TV at 11 AM on a Monday morning? (Zero’s constituents mostly haven’t gotten out of bed and the rest of us will be working.)

[EGPWS]

"He's not someone to walk away from a tough fight," White House chief of staff William Daley said.

Barack is politically

and Congress had better reply with anything the jacka$$ has to say with a solid

Because,

We have had enough of this crap as a paying nation:

[mrsmith]

Republicans should be all over the admin propaganda organs morning news shows then!

[LOC1]

Why don't the republicans turn the table on Obama. Insist on spending cuts now in return for the promise of tax increases in 2014, “if the economy can support them.” When Obama is thrown out of office, the republicans can forget about the promised future tax increases.

[theDentist]

Whatever else he whines about, he’ll also gripe about Texas putting down a Mexican 17 years after killing a 16-y.o. girl.

[mojito]

White House chief of staff William Daley said. "Everyone agrees that a number around $4 trillion is the number that will ... make a serious dent in our deficit."

Let's do the math, shall we? This year's deficit alone will be $1.5 trillion.

Bammy and Boner want to cut the deficit by (optimistically) $4 trillion over ten years. $1.5 trillion x ten years = 15 trillion - $4 trillion = $11 trillion in aditional debt over ten years.

So instead of $1.5 trillion in further debt every year, we'll only be $1.1 trillion in additional debt every year.

[bikerman]

Blah Blah Blah Bush’s fault,evil rich, the republicians I I I Me Me Me. FUBO

[Oatka]

a debt deal has to be reached by July 22 or else.

That gives the GOP 12 days to fold. I am not optimistic.

[HotKat]

Hopefully, he will finish before Rush starts.

[HotKat]

Hopefully, he will finish before Rush starts.

[cruise_missile]

Time for a Fast and Furious impeachment.

[Vigilance]

There can be no tax increase, no debt increase, no further growth of government, no more continuing resolutions, no more funding of unlawful military actions, no perversion of God given rights, no caving and no compromise in Congress without the aid and assistance of the REPUBLICAN party. It will be interesting to see who the Repubs will represent.

[Steven Tyler]

I do not understand why the Progressive’s are all wee wee’d up.
Obama agreed to keep the Bush tax rates to the end of 2012 (agreement struck Dec 2010)
Obama agreed to NO NEW TAXES, NOT EVEN THE “RICH”
And, the debt ceiling is capped.

Obama, the decider, will have to make decisions on how to spend the current incoming revenue. Congress ought to demand we pay the interest on the debt, followed the Military.
Then, Timmy can wind up the printing press to cover all of the T_Bills bills the SS Fund will need to sell to cover SS payments to seniors

[COUNTrecount]

I hope he remembers to roll up the sleeves on his golf shirt.

[djf]

This is playing out like a cheap paperback novel.

Why?

Because I’d bet dollars against donuts that about two hours before the deadline, there will be an announcement on all the MSM that they worked around the clock and finally reached a deal.

The Dems will give some and try to make out the pubbies as the bad guys, and vice versa.

Because they know damn well that if the deadline passes, and Grandma Iowa goes to the bank with her SS check and the bank refuses to cash it, that’s when the blood might start flowing in the streets.

[libh8er]

Blame Republicans on national television (= free campaign commercial)

[livius]

Doesn’t he ever shut his stupid trap?

[kcvl]

“That's when the nation would begin to default on its debts, administration officials say”

That is BS!

They can pay the debts but they just want to demagogue it to death because they want their bennies for wealth distribution to their constituents.

[Deo volente]

They could cut federal spending by 20% tomorrow morning and nobody would know the difference. That would save at least $700 billion this year.