I’m not sure if this is reality-based, but I like it.
Representative Peter Welch, Democrat of Vermont, pressed the president for his strategy in the face of signals by Republicans that they would demand serious concessions before they voted to raise the government’s statutory borrowing limit.
“It’s a simple strategy, Peter. We’re not negotiating,” the president responded, according to Mr. Welch. “I’ve got nothing in my pocket. The cupboard is bare.”
Will he really be willing to watch our credit rating be destroyed and the global economy collapse?
