His lips were moving?
No "negotiations" required, On orders from Boehner and McConnell, Chambliss and the RINOs surrendered faster than than a bunch of French whores - way before any shots were fired! Their strategy is to raise taxes now and the dims will cut expenditures - NEVER!
What few are saying is that 0bama WANTS fiscal collapse.
He’ll take whatever power he can get along the way,
but he will still collapse the economy.