[Sam Gamgee]

Boner is the wimp that backed down the last time there was a crisis over the debt limit. When is he going to man up and stare Obama down? Boner just proves that Democrats play hard ball and Republicans have no balls at all.

[vmivol00]

Conservatives are the wimps because they willingly and repeatedly take this abuse from the GOP. Everyone knows they don’t have guts enough to leave the plantation.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

I'm holding out judgment on that part and that is not what I am addressing now. Boehner is taking heat over something that he may have been perfectly justified in doing but I see such a mob mentality here now on FR no one is willing to give the benefit of the doubt and not even willing to wait for facts.

To equate Boehner with Stalin is unconscionable and Boehner is owed a great big apology.

I want the exact same outcome to these negotiations as you but I have no idea how to get what we want and I don't even know if it's possible.

I am of the belief that Obama and the RATs smell blood in the water and they do not care one twit about their country. They only care about their own power and they see a way to destroy the Republican party. They know they have the press on their side. As long as Boehner and Co. understand that Obama does not want a solution, they'll have to figure out how to get the best deal possible.

I have no idea what he should do. I know I would never give Obama everything he wants because there will be no end to it. It looks to me like Boehner is the only one putting forth a possible solution, just to be shot down each time. I doubt the public will see that though because the press still tells it like the Republicans are being obstructionists to Obama's solutions. (Lies, of course).