[shield]

I believe when the negotiations ended with Barry running out screaming like a 14 year old...which proved he lost the negotiation...they saw how insane and over his head he is/was...they had no choice but to bypass this loony...otherwise, they'd have to either invoke the 25th or start impeachment proceedings...

[kabar]

The Reps know these “negotiations” are just political theater. Obama is trying to position himself as the deficit hawk after increasing the publicly held debt in 2 1/2 years than Bush did in 8 years. He is a fraud and deserves no respect.