3 senior Obama administration officials reiterate that Obama will NOT negotiate and will NOT budge

[Cali_Democrat]

Inside Obama's Game Plan For The Debt Limit
Sam Stein

WASHINGTON -- Three senior Obama administration officials have made it abundantly clear that the president has no interest in budging from his position on the government shutdown or the looming debt ceiling fight.

The officials met with a handful of columnists and reporters on Thursday morning on condition that they not be named or quoted. They said President Barack Obama feels as strongly about this issue as he has about anything else during his time in office, including passing health care reform.

The meeting came the day after congressional leaders and the president met in the White House in hopes of finding a path forward on the dual budget fights. That meeting ended without an agreement. And the fact that both sides continued a media blitz the morning after suggests that a resolution remains far off.

What's driving the president, his aides stressed, is a belief that he needs to reorient the balance of powers within the federal government. The three officials repeatedly argued that the losing party in a national election couldn't be allowed to essentially nullify the results of that election through budget sabotage.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/03/obama-debt-limit_n_4038446.html

[Cha]

1. Ah ye-aah! Thanks Cali

[Cali_Democrat]

2. You're welcome!

[BeyondGeography]

3. Basically, the presidency isn't worth having if he capitulates or even moves an inch

He has said so, in so many words. Not just for him, but for anyone who would hold the office in either party. That's how deep this is for him.

[sheshe2]

4. Kick kick kick!

Yes!

[Iliyah]

5. K & R

hang tight!

[hopemountain]

6. conviction

is a powerful force. like vice president biden said, the president has a spine of steel.

[frylock]

7. good

[Cali_Democrat]

11. LOL

[grantcart]

8. And confirmed by accident by McConnell

Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas

[Lugnut]

9. Good!

This nonsense has to stop.

[AgingAmerican]

10. It's becoming more and more obvious

That this whole thing is a one man temper tantrum/extortion attempt.

[HappyMe]

12. Excellent!

Do not budge at all.