and the lights go on

Judging by his terse statement to the press, President Obama has finally grasped the fact that the republicans are not good-faith negotiators and are perfectly willing to let the country collapse in order to try to discredit political adversaries.

The only way to win against these people is to crush them and exterminate them politically. Don't give the scorpion a ride across the river, he's already proven what he is.