**SNIP** “I have said from the start of the year that I’m happy to talk to Republicans about anything related to the budget. There’s not a subject that I am not willing to engage in, work on, negotiate and come up with common sense compromises on.” **SNIP** Mr. Obama stressed that he cannot negotiate with Republicans under the threat of a debt default, urging Congress to reopen the government and raise the government’s borrowing authority immediately. “What I’ve said is that I cannot do that under the threat that if Republicans don’t get 100 percent of their way they’re going...