All the Republicans should not show and when asked say, “We are waiting for the President’s plan so we can vote on it. He’s given us nothing but platitudes so far.”
Yes!!! Boehner needs to do this publicly and promise the President a vote on the House floor for WHATEVER the President wants to propose, AND he offers to have the President speak to the GOP caucus.
This would be a much smarter way to put the onus on the President than McConnell's cockamamie idea, but has the same basic motivation: We are seeing the President effectively use bogus negotitations and phony threats to help his re-election campaign. THAT IS ALL HE CARES ABOUT. He doesnt want to cut any spending and will not do anything serious about it.
This idea will totally expose his lack of seriousness. Give him the rope to hang himself.
Meanwhile, the GOP puts a debt ceiling increase with spending cuts up for a vote, through the House, and on to the Senate. Let them deal with it.