re: #670 Dark_Falcon

No, best to discuss it here. It’s not a good offer, but its not a straight demand so technically Obama could accept it to prevent default. But it can only work if the two sides are both interested in actually reaching a deal. It will not work if it just serves as a vehicle for teabaggers to call the president names. And I’d need more than promises of good faith before I’d believe it was something other than that last.

It’s not a serious offer. The GOP isn’t releasing the hostage, they’re simply saying they won’t blow his head off for another six weeks, with any extension beyond that dependent on how much they can strong-arm Democrats into accepting. They won’t let go of the threat of a default as leverage.