President Obama just said, "So what I've said to the leaders is, bring back to me some ideas that you think can get the necessary number of votes in the House and in the Senate. I'm happy to consider all options, all alternatives that they're looking at. The things that I will not consider are a 30-day or a 60-day or a 90-day or a 180-day temporary stopgap resolution to this problem." That's music to the ears of those of us who want serious deficit reduction after 2012, but, unfortunately, it flies in the face of recent history.
This Congressional Research Service report lists 11 short-term continuing resolutions to fund the government that President Obama has signed since taking office on January 20, 2009.
This Congressional Research Service report lists 3 short-term debt limit increases he has signed since taking office.
As any comedian will tell you, timing is everything. Maybe this time President Obama's insistence will stick, except for all the other times.