Quote Originally Posted by Samurai Waki View Post
Makes you wonder-- if the 14th Amendment is the card Obama has up his sleeve. He needs the Congress to make a fool out of itself first, so he can legitimize the move... unconstitutional or not, the courts can fight that out later...
I hope that's his plan because he's leading from the back, way back, back with the logistic clerks and coffee machines. It would be nice to know he has a plan.

Banquo summed it up quite nicely. The whole process is embarrassing. The only party that wants to make much needed cuts started off blatantly political and now they can't manage themselves. The opposition doesn't want to play ball (maybe due to the farcical opening) and the chief executive is chillin' with his homies.