The Republican Party Simply Can't Say Yes

For days, the White House has infuriated its Democratic allies in Congress by offering House Republicans more and more in exchange for a deal to raise the debt ceiling and prevent default. But it was never enough, and, on Friday evening, it became clear that it may never be enough. Speaker John Boehner again walked away from the â??grand bargainâ? he had been negotiating with President Obama, leaving the country teetering on the brink of another economic collapse.