re: #66 Lidane

Which is why he can’t blink or give an inch to the GOP no matter how much they howl and whine. If he gives in at all, the rest of his term will be nothing but these sorts of bullshit stunts from the GOP.

I agree completely. If Obama gives a millimeter, this casts a shadow over every future presidential election in the United States, because this blackmail can happen to any future president. I trust that Obama understands this; he’s a constitutional lawyer by profession. Any “compromise” with the Republicans would undermine our entire system of government.

It is long past time for “moderate” Republicans to speak up and put an end to this insane government shutdown. Hello, Colin Powell? Bob Dole? Former SecDef Robert Gates? To any patriotic American, this is a crisis that must be resolved ASAP.