Don’t give in President Obama, this country needs you to stand strong and support us all. We are all aware of the cat and mouse game the republicans are playing. They do not want to work together and are working for a certain few and the tea party, we need you to work for us. No Super congress, this will not protect the people without the Constitution. Veto and show strength and use the 14th/ don’t play these game with the republicans with the lives of the American people at stake. Stand strong Mr. President, we have your back.

“Obama seems to believe that bending to the intimidation of the Republicans will serve him politically.”

That just is not why Obama does what he does. As David McCullough said to Charlie Rose the other day, all presidents are different. The good ones know themselves and know how to get where they want to go by being themselves. Obama is complex. He is by nature a conciliator, and he works hard at getting agreement of the principal parties. Is that bad? No, no. Let me tell you as a litigator with 40 years experience, a deal is a whole lot more certain than going for a verdict. Obama learned that in law school and in life since.

But he can fight plenty hard when he sees the need to do so, and believes all his settlement options have expired. But, he’s a calm, careful professional in his job, and he’s not going to go Rambo until he’s got nothing left but that, AND he thinks it will get the job done.

And most of the time, that depends on the spine of his party, which has been sadly lacking over the years. A Senate with a 57-vote majority should have been ready to live on cots in their offices busting filibusters, but no, they had other things to do. Nancy Pelosi, arguably the best speaker in our history, passed a hundred pieces of excellent legislation, and only a few made it through that lazy, uncommitted Senate. Pat Buchanan once described Democrats as a bunch of “quiche-eating wimps,” and he was pretty much right. The Republicans are as solid and tough as a brown-shirted phalanx, while the Democrats mill around and say a dozen different things and rarely do anything as a unit. (Unfortunately, as David McCullough pointed out, strict partisanship happens to be very bad for the American model of government with divided powers.) That is why Barack Obama can’t go Rambo.

But remember, he said he is willing to stake his presidency on getting the deficit deal done meeting his minimums. I am hopeful that Bill Clinton’s announcement the other day, that he would happily raise the debit limit unilaterally on grounds of the 14th Amendments requirement to pay the government’s debts and let the Republicans try to do something about it, was a pre-arranged signal that that is what Obama is going to do if Republicans don’t get on board. I hope that would be accompanied by his own plan to reduce the deficit, some of which he can accomplish unilaterally by executive order, and a promise to let the Bush tax cuts expire.

That will certainly change the game.

John Boehner – President Obama wants a $2.4 Trillion dollar blank check to get him through the next election, without cuts; this is indefensible.

Yes, give the spend-thrift more money. Has he helped Americans? If you know who, please let US know-

Limbaugh said it, “We must make Obama fail”. Obama said it “If you want to be a leader, you must lead.” I think it’s time. Push has come to shove. Barrack, if you can’t run with the big dogs, go sit on the porch. We’re seeing the result of a Republic form of government. In a true Democracy (With recall of all elected offices) this wouldn’t happen. Do what you have to do and gid-r-don.