[Rudder]

What a sweet thing to do...Obama will fall on his sword (or hoisted by his own petard) just for us: the common citizens, the rabble...the non-professional politicians.

I'm touched...(sniff).

[RummyChick]

http://dyn.politico.com/members/forums/thread.cfm?catid=1&subcatid=70&threadid=5664462&start=1&currentPage=1

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“Eric, don’t call my bluff,” the president said, warning Cantor that he would take his case “to the American people.” He told Cantor that no other president — not Ronald Reagan, the president said — would put up with the treatment he was getting from the House majority leader. “

““Obama lit him up. Cantor sat in stunned silence,” said an official in the meeting. “It was incredible. If the public saw Obama he would win in a landslide.” “

“Obama told Cantor that he would either have to agree to tax increases or give up on his demand that the debt hike be matched dollar-to-dollar to the cuts — that is, $2.5 trillion in deficit-reduction over 10 years in exchange for a $2.5 trillion hike in the debt ceiling. “