Mr. Obama repeatedly lost patience with the speaker as negotiations faltered. In an Oval Office meeting last week, he told Mr. Boehner that if the sides didnÂt reach agreement, he would use his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech to tell the country the Republicans were at fault.http://talkingpoints...ing.php?ref=fpblg
At one point, according to notes taken by a participant, Mr. Boehner told the president, ÂI put $800 billion [in tax revenue] on the table. What do I get for that?Â
ÂYou get nothing, the president said. ÂI get that for free.Â
cordially,
Edit: It was suggested over at Balloon Juice that Obama then added: ÂNot even the fee for the gaming license, which I would appreciate if you would put up personally.Â