As we have so many times before, we find ourselves obliged to believe that Prez simply could not foresee the logical outcome of his actions.

This time, the drama requires suspension of disbelief that beggars the imagination.

Only months before having to crawl to the new repugnant majority for borrowing authority to fill a void largely resulting from the predictable outcome of their tax cutting demands, Obama studiously avoided requiring, as a reasonable quid  pro quo, that they raise the debt ceiling a commensurate amount back then.

As the obvious makes itself manifest even to the dimwits at the NY Times, can we help marvelling at the seductive power of the whisper heard in every presidential ear "You are the most powerful man in the world--rulers that don't kiss your ass may not be rulers for long, if you feel twitchy..."

In the ongoing series, Things Prez Can Do On His Own, a prospective amnesty from the Director of Internal Revenue:  If you prepay your 2011 tax (due April 2012) now we'll double it, and carry the extra into your 2012 tax bill.

Provided you filed this year showing less than 100k agi.

Returning to the alternative universe in which Obama has balls, we find the following:

Since a US default would be catastropic, and Prez has independent control only of the military, he announces the closure of all bases in Repugnant represented states and congressional districts, so that the necessary cash may be re-directed to default prevention pending raise of debt ceiling.