From the article McConnell: No Real Deficit Deal Until Obama Is Gone.

The Senate’s top Republican said Tuesday that he did not see a way for Republicans and Democrats to come to agreement on meaningful deficit reduction as long as President Obama remains in office.

Did Obama expect this level of thanks for trying to drag the Democratic Congressional Caucus in the Republican’s direction? Do they actually have to physically slap him in the face for him to get it?

On one point Boehner is correct. In the President’s press conference linked to in my previous post, Obama Dashes Hopes, you see him respond to questions by saying that the compromise he is willing to make is not his ideal. Nobody asks him for a straight forward description of what his ideal would be. This progressive, for one, would really like to know where he stands.

I found a sort of quote of a line I remember Obama once said. Supposedly to the Israeli prime minister and the president of the Palestinian Authority, Obama said, Although I’m not a cop on the beat like Rudy Giuliani, I’m no patsy either.

I think Obama is proving otherwise.