Reply #2: For those who keep pushing the false meme that Pres. Obama & Democrats are "folding" -->

[ClarkUSA]

But Mr. Obama said he told the two Congressional leaders that the preparations for an orderly shutdown had already begun and that he expected an answer from them Friday morning about whether they could reach a deal.

"My hope is that I will be able to announce to the American people sometime early in the day that a shutdown has been averted," he said.

Mr. Reid said that Republicans had “drawn a line in the sand” on issues of abortion financing and changes to the Clean Air Act, and that those issues could not be resolved in the hours left before a government shutdown.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/08/us/politics/08fiscal.html?hp