"Paying America's bills is not a concession to me. That's not doing me a favor."

[Fantastic Anarchist]

Great quote.

From this article that breaks down the analogy of Obama negotiating with Putin, but not with the GOP.

In context:

Imagine that Putin stepped forward tomorrow morning and announced that Russia had developed a computer virus that would shut down the market for U.S. Treasuries and that he would release that virus unless Obama agreed to a list of Russian demands.
No one would say Russia was asking for negotiations with Obama. They would say Russia was holding the U.S. economy hostage and demanding that Obama pay a ransom. No Republican -- and no Democrat -- would advice Obama to take that meeting. The sole question would be prevention and, if necessary, reprisal.
This is the core disagreement between the White House and the Republican Party. The Republican Party thinks it's offering the White House something it wants — the continued creditworthiness of the United States of America — in return for things the GOP wants, like a one-year delay on Obamacare.
But the White House doesn't see an increase in the debt limit as something that the Republicans are giving them. As Obama put it in his news conference: "Paying America's bills is not a concession to me. That's not doing me a favor."

Source: Wonkblog

[gopiscrap]

1. Yup

[Volaris]

2. I was thinking about this the other day after the fourth time I had heard that talking point..

&quot whine ON) Well WHY will The President neg. with Putin, but not with the House GOP?"
Because Putin isn't crazy enough to threaten the destruction of the Global Economy if he doesn't get his way.

In other words, because Vlad isn't acting like a self-important asshole. THAT'S WHY.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

3. Meaning Vlad is actually better than the GOP!