Obama vs. Boehner - 2nd Term Blues

The White House: Readout of telephone call between President Obama and Speaker Boehner, “ Late this morning, the President telephoned Speaker John Boehner from the Oval Office and repeated what he told him when they met at the White House last week: the President is willing to negotiate with Republicans -- after the threat of government shutdown and default have been removed – over policies that Republicans think would strengthen the country. The President also repeated his willingness to negotiate on priorities that he has identified including policies that expand economic opportunity, support private sector job creation, enhance the competitiveness of American businesses, strengthen the Affordable Care Act and continue to reduce the nation’s deficit.

The President urged the Speaker to hold a vote in the House of Representatives on the Senate-passed measure that would re-open the federal government immediately. Citing the Senate’s intention to pass a clean, yearlong extension of the debt limit this week, the President also pressed the Speaker to allow a timely up-or-down vote in the House to raise the debt limit with no ideological strings attached. He noted that only Congress has the authority to raise the debt limit and failure to do so would have grave consequences for middle class families and the American economy as a whole. ”.

Lets Get Real: 

In other words folks NO breakthrough, it seems that the Oval would rather go over the financial cliff that deal with ObamaCare.   As stated my this blog and many others there is no way the US will default on its debts should it not pass the debt ceiling, the Oval is blowing smoke to use an all phrase, the US has tax money coming in, the Oval for once will have to do some work, pay the bond holders, and make sure the US Budget is reformed.  The Oval will have to deal with the Congress and DEAL, the US Presidency is not a Throne folks, even an egotist like President Obama has to deal or face the results, does he want to be another Hoover.