Paul Begala actually said...

The president of the United States always looks good when he can rise above the partisan fray or kind of resolve a partisan legal difference...

I thought we were heading for a government shutdown, almost for certain.

If Speaker Boehner can deliver his caucus, many of whom got elected not to compromise, if he can get them to vote for a compromise, I think ...

This is going to be his choice and he's going to sleep on it, I suppose, tonight. Either he takes the position of the Republican base... or ...