- Obama is said to have offered an increase in Medicare retirement age. But because the President knows that a grand bargain is incredibly unlikely to fly, what he “offers” should be interpreted through the lens of negotiating tactics.
- More on Boehner–Cantor.
- Goldman isn’t worried about default. They’re worried about economic fallout from suspended government services.
- There’s a pronounced partisan split in public polling on raising the debt ceiling.
- Huntsman goes negative with characteristic restraint:
“When you look at the absolute increases in job creation, Utah led the way in the United States in terms of job creation,” he said. “That, compared and contrasted with certain other states like Massachusetts, which I will just pull out randomly, not first, but 47th.”
- 56% of Floridians say the economy is getting worse. Needless to say, that’s not good for Obama’s re-election prospects.
- Former Marcus Bachmann patient says he was told his sexuality could be “re-oriented.”
- Kandahar powerbroker, alleged drug trader and presidential half brother Ahmed Wali Karzai assassinated in Afghanistan.
- And Biden hangs around to say stuff like “C’mon man!” and “Let’s get real,” which pretty much makes him the Chris Berman of debt ceiling negotiations.