Obama could do something that no one expects:
A) Totally cave and allow cuts which would be bullish.
B) Intentionally default and cause a market crash.
Just think how much this info would be worth to major financial players, e.g., Soros. Obama could tip them off at the last minute and they could make many billions. Or he could intentionally whipsaw the markets by changing his mind and Soros, et al, could make even more.
With a payoff this big he could collect the bribes later and live like the Sultan of Brunei.
Why do I have this feeling that even Soros is tiring of Obama’s antics and Soros may be engineering Obama’s downfall? Soros could lose his shirt over this crisis (Soros Fund Management runs one of the oldest and most powerful hedge funds in the USA) and given Soros’ ruthlessness, Obama could be asking for trouble in no time flat.