Obama Alleged Temper Tantrum and Walk Out

Not surprising as we all know that President Obama is a thin-skinned narcissist that can't take the slightest bit of constructive criticism and has done it before. But when Rep. Eric Cantor (VA) told the president that "the two sides remain so far apart at this point that he doubted they could get to $2.5 trillion in cuts (to match the debt increase requested by the administration, enough to get through the 2012 election) given the time available. President Obama has said he will not sign any increase to the debt ceiling less than that amount, and Cantor had previously insisted that the House would vote no more than one time to increase the debt limit."

Then the president, as Cantor recalls, "became 'very agitated' and said he had 'sat here long enough,' that 'Ronald Reagan wouldn’t sit here like this' and 'something’s got to give.' Obama then told Republicans they either needed to compromise on their insistence on a dollar for dollar ratio of spending cuts to debt increase or agree to a 'grand bargain' including massive tax increases. Before walking out of the room, Cantor said, the president told him: 'Eric, don’t call my bluff. I’m going to the American people with this.' He then 'shoved back' and said 'I’ll see you tomorrow.'"

Sounds like a walk-out to me. Although in the president's defense, when he said "Ronald Reagan wouldn't sit here like this," you know he probably would not have. Of course The Gipper would have just left without whining about it.