Obama May Call Lawmakers to Camp David

[xchrom]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-14/obama-said-to-consider-camp-david-summit-this-weekend-for-deficit-talks.html

President Barack Obama may summon congressional leaders to a Camp David summit this weekend after the latest round of White House negotiations on the deficit ended on a tense note and Moody’s Investors Service warned the stalemate could jeopardize the U.S.’s credit rating.

Obama told the lawmakers they have until tomorrow to decide whether they can reach a deal to cut the deficit or settle for a way to raise the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling before U.S. borrowing authority expires Aug. 2, two Democratic officials said.

The increasing tension between Democrats and Republicans was underscored by dueling accounts of a White House meeting that ended sourly. Obama “got very agitated” and left the room after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor suggested a vote on a smaller deal, Cantor said in an interview. “Don’t call my bluff; I am going to the American people,” Obama said, according to Cantor, a Virginia Republican.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Cantor didn't "suggest" anything. He interrupted Obama not once, not twice, but three times.

[Enrique]

2. and when theyre there

dont have any food there but peas. :-)

[Ganja Ninja]

3. Fuck that.

Take them into the most uncomfortable room you can find. Turn off the air conditioning and lock them in.

Better yet put them in a room filled with spikes. You know the kind where the walls and ceiling are slowly closing in.

[paparush]

4. Enough of this behind closed doors b.s.

They're debating/bargaining with the lives of working class people. Raising Medicare eligibility by 2 yrs??? Bullshit. We need these people, from both sides, in a public forum and on the record.

[xchrom]

5. +1

[Historic NY]

6. Lets get a CSPAN camera in there with a feed.

[liberalla]

7. That's the way to go!