Le Président quitte le pays plutôt que de négocier avec le Congrès. Comme il le fait depuis quelques semaines, il n'attend plus les retombées des négos avant de prendre position. Il est en mode "attaque" et en mode "électoral"!
"It’s the latest sign that the two ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, once locked in a co-dependent relationship, are officially in the breakup phase.
Obama has embraced his single status over the past two months by mocking Congress for blocking most of his jobs agenda and issuing executive orders to work around it. Now, he’s resisting any temptation to engage in presidential hand-holding on the deficit fight and he’s heading out of town.
This is the new Obama, determined to keep his distance from Congress rather than get dragged into its drama, as he often did during his first two-and-a-half years in office.
Twice before, the president cancelled the very same trip, once to round up votes on the health care bill and once to deal with BP oil spill fallout. This time, his message to Congress is: You’re on your own.
The government will run out of money Nov. 18, a day before Obama returns, setting up a potential government shutdown. But Congress is working on a bill keep the government open, possibly requiring the president to sign it by autopen, a mechanical signature, for only the second time in history. (Obama first used it in May to renew the Patriot Act while traveling through Europe.)
The supercommittee must report its plan for shaving at least $1.2 trillion from the deficit by Nov. 23, only four days after Obama returns. But automatic cuts will kick in even if the panel fails, so the political risk could pale in comparison to the summer debt-limit fight, when the country screeched to the brink of default."
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