Raising the debt ceiling...

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Obama needs to cut the fucking budget already.

Uh-huh. Like he could get that past Pelosi and her cronies. Similarly, Boner can't get any tax reform past his cronies.

Obama could suggest cutting the budget in to tiny little bits and what would that get him (or the country)? His own party would shoot it down in the senate.

I swear, sometimes people think the President is a dictator. I think Obama would (and is willing) to support some middle ground in the debt debate. Guess where that's getting him? Fucked. Ineffectual. Because he somehow can't bring two polar-opposite sides together to come to some agreement.

THAT'S the reality of politics right now. Nothing can get done without bi-partisan support.

The only way a President actually has ultimate power is if his/her party has majorities in both the house and senate. Otherwise, it's all about negotiating.

He's taking flak from both sides; he's not making Republicans or Democrats happy at this point. That's sane to me. If he totally decided to switch sides and take up the Republican/Tea Party agenda his own party would abandon ship. He can't win.

Similarly, no one hard right will win either.

We're fucked.