Regardless of what John Boehner and the Current Occupant of the White Hut may agree to behind closed doors or out in public, there is actually only one way this will be played - the 2011 debt limit increase agreement, which called for sequestration of federal spending, along with restoration of the level of tax rates that had been inherited from the Clintonian years, plus restoration of the full payment into FICA by the employee, stands as the controlling legal authority. All these provisions essentially solve the problem for Obama in so many ways. An APPARENT increase in revenue to the US Treasury supposedly because of higher tax rates, plus a decrease in the outlays from the Treasury (especially for the military), coupled with the very real probability that the entire blame can (and will) be shifted to the Republicans, as “obstructionists”, all add up to a win-win-win for Obama.
OK, give him his win. But it ought to be, must be, and possibly could be (if the Republicans do not waver), the last win he shall have. No offer for any future tax rate reductions for anybody, no agreement to any new spending programs, and if the Republicans are going to be blamed for this “obstructionist” behavior anyway, better to be for actually actively BEING obstructionist.
,,, I agree ,, Whatever happens , it won’t be good and the GOP will get blamed for the bad news . Now it’s all about who’s got the most fingerprints on it as far as Me , Myself and I are concerned .