question:You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Summarize this article: President Obama, clearly angry, let loose on House Republicans in what was, for him, an extraordinary fit of pique Friday night after talks with Speaker John Boehner broke down. President Obama at the White House press room Friday afternoon. "One of the questions that the Republican Party's going to have to ask itself is, can they say 'yes' to anything?” Obama said. It was President Obama’s Howard Beale moment: He was mad as hell, and not going to take it anymore. The president had just been informed late Friday afternoon that Republican House Speaker John Boehner was breaking off talks over a deal to enact major deficit reduction and raise the federal debt ceiling. And there is only a week and a half to go until Aug. 2, at which points the US risks a potentially catastrophic default without new borrowing authority. The White House hastily called reporters to the briefing room, and Mr. Obama let 'er rip. “I've been left at the altar now a couple of times,” the steely-eyed president said. “And I think that, you know, one of the questions that the Republican Party's going to have to ask itself is, can they say 'yes' to anything?” “Can they say yes to anything?” he repeated. “I mean, keep in mind it's the Republican Party that has said that the single most important thing facing our country is deficits and debts.” Obama said that he had put forward a package that would significantly cut deficits and debt in a way that does not raise individual tax rates. It is compatible, an exasperated Obama said, with the no-tax pledge that “a whole bunch of these folks signed on to, because we were mindful that they had boxed themselves in.” The challenge, he said, “has to do with the seeming inability, particularly in the House of Representatives, to arrive at any kind of position that compromises any of their ideological preferences – none.” The Democrats had done their part and agreed to compromises that were difficult to swallow, he said. Now it’s the Republicans’ turn. “If you want to be a leader, then you got to lead,” he concluded, then turned and walked briskly from the room. Those are mere highlights from a 30-minute primal scream, the likes of which Washington has not seen from a president known for his near-preternatural calm, both as a candidate and since assuming office. Obama was clearly fed up. And his emotion was authentic. Obama seemed to be demanding the respect due a president of the United States. The Boehner walkout – not his first since debt negotiations began – in fact will be short-lived. Obama called on both parties’ congressional leaders to meet with him at the White House at 11 a.m. Saturday. Mr. Boehner said he would attend. Obama also faces pressure from his own political base, which has expressed frustration that he seems to be doing all the compromising – see cuts to entitlement programs – while the Republicans insist on sticking to their “no new taxes” mantra. A CNN/ORC International Poll released Friday showed Obama’s job approval rating down to 45 percent, in part a result of a decline in liberal support. The president’s approval rating among liberals dropped to 71 percent, a low for his presidency, the poll found. Another data point: 1 in 4 Americans who disapprove of his job performance say he has not been liberal enough. So the president’s show of pique may have been as much aimed at Democrats as at congressional Republicans, whom he needs to believe that he means business. Obama also needs to win back independent voters if he is to win reelection next year. Polls show that independents strongly favor compromise in the debt and deficit talks. ||||| After rarely courting over the previous two years, the pair had an intense summer bromance they’ll never forget: a big outing, frequent dates (albeit with an occasional third wheel), shared secrets, big dreams, their friends cheering them on. But it was promises, promises – all the time promises. Then President Barack Obama began to complain that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) never wants to talk about problems – he just leaves. Boehner stewed that Obama doesn’t know what he really wants, and keeps changing his mind. There were breakups and reconciliations. Text Size - + reset 'If the W.H. won't get serious, we will' 'Can they say yes to anything?' POLITICO 44 But they stayed together to protect their reputations around campus, and for the good of the country. The president gave the speaker his freedom, figuring that if what they had was really real, he’d come back before long, and they could consummate things before going off on separate vacations. Then on Friday, SPLITSVILLE. And we’re not talking moping, or regret, or private tears. They were so furious, they told EVERYONE. To make sure their side of the story got out, both of them went on live TV to spill all the gory details: the betrayals, the dalliances, an ignored phone call, an unhealthy obsession with the base, the failure to deliver at climactic moments. In a 12-paragraph “Dear Colleague” letter to House Republicans after the markets closed, Boehner wrote: “A deal was never reached, and was never really close. In the end, we couldn’t connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country.” Obama was left alone at the altar – scorned, fuming. “Up until sometime early today when I couldn’t get a phone call returned, my expectation was that Speaker Boehner was going to be willing to go to his caucus and ask them to do the tough thing but the right thing,” the president seethed during an epic dinnertime appearance in the White House briefing room. Pressed for details on the phone slight, he rubbed it in: “I’m less concerned about me having to wait for my phone call returned, than I am the message that I received when I actually got the phone call.” The conspiracy theory among some reporters and staffers was that the president and the speaker each knew what they were going to have to cave on at the last moment, and may have even told each other: “Look, this is what I have to say to get my people on board. It’ll help if we look mad at each other. It’ll turn out fine.” If that’s the deal, they should both get Academy Awards. Going before cameras in a yellow tie, just over half an hour after the president, a placid Boehner declared: “The discussions we’ve had with the White House have broken down … [T]he White House moved the goalpost.” Looking down at notes, he continued: “I take the same oath of office as the president of the United States. I’ve got the same responsibilities as the president of the United States. And I think that’s for both of us to do what’s in the best interests of our country. And I can tell you that it’s not in the best interests of our country to raise taxes during this difficult economy.” Concluding his opening statement, he zinged: “I’m confident that the bipartisan leaders here in the Congress can act. If the White House won’t get serious, we will.” In response to the first question, Boehner took a shot by saying that he wasn’t going to take a shot: “Dealing with the White House is like dealing with a bowl of Jell-O. I’m not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier.” There’s been plenty of theater and posturing, but last evening’s blowup sure looked like the real thing. Republicans don’t like the term “grand bargain,” which has negative connotations with their people. They prefer “big deal.” Whatever you call it, it looks more distant than ever. ||||| The pair had an intense summer bromance and breakup they’ll never forget. | AP Photo The Obama-Boehner breakup After rarely courting over the previous two years, the pair had an intense summer bromance they’ll never forget: a big outing, frequent dates (albeit with an occasional third wheel), shared secrets, big dreams, their friends cheering them on. But it was promises, promises – all the time promises. Then President Barack Obama began to complain that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) never wants to talk about problems – he just leaves. Boehner stewed that Obama doesn’t know what he really wants, and keeps changing his mind. There were breakups and reconciliations. Story Continued Below But they stayed together to protect their reputations around campus, and for the good of the country. The president gave the speaker his freedom, figuring that if what they had was really real, he’d come back before long, and they could consummate things before going off on separate vacations. Then on Friday, SPLITSVILLE. And we’re not talking moping, or regret, or private tears. They were so furious, they told EVERYONE. To make sure their side of the story got out, both of them went on live TV to spill all the gory details: the betrayals, the dalliances, an ignored phone call, an unhealthy obsession with the base, the failure to deliver at climactic moments. In a 12-paragraph “Dear Colleague” letter to House Republicans after the markets closed, Boehner wrote: “A deal was never reached, and was never really close. In the end, we couldn’t connect. Not because of different personalities, but because of different visions for our country.” Obama was left alone at the altar – scorned, fuming. “Up until sometime early today when I couldn’t get a phone call returned, my expectation was that Speaker Boehner was going to be willing to go to his caucus and ask them to do the tough thing but the right thing,” the president seethed during an epic dinnertime appearance in the White House briefing room. Pressed for details on the phone slight, he rubbed it in: “I’m less concerned about me having to wait for my phone call returned, than I am the message that I received when I actually got the phone call.” The conspiracy theory among some reporters and staffers was that the president and the speaker each knew what they were going to have to cave on at the last moment, and may have even told each other: “Look, this is what I have to say to get my people on board. It’ll help if we look mad at each other. It’ll turn out fine.” If that’s the deal, they should both get Academy Awards. Going before cameras in a yellow tie, just over half an hour after the president, a placid Boehner declared: “The discussions we’ve had with the White House have broken down … [T]he White House moved the goalpost.” Looking down at notes, he continued: “I take the same oath of office as the president of the United States. I’ve got the same responsibilities as the president of the United States. And I think that’s for both of us to do what’s in the best interests of our country. And I can tell you that it’s not in the best interests of our country to raise taxes during this difficult economy.” Concluding his opening statement, he zinged: “I’m confident that the bipartisan leaders here in the Congress can act. If the White House won’t get serious, we will.” In response to the first question, Boehner took a shot by saying that he wasn’t going to take a shot: “Dealing with the White House is like dealing with a bowl of Jell-O. I’m not going to get into the partisan sniping that we heard earlier.” There’s been plenty of theater and posturing, but last evening’s blowup sure looked like the real thing. Republicans don’t like the term “grand bargain,” which has negative connotations with their people. They prefer “big deal.” Whatever you call it, it looks more distant than ever. This article tagged under: John Boehner Barack Obama ||||| Summary:

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