High Noon

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists used to (and may still) have a doomsday clock that was always precariously close to midnight (or just as appropriately, high-noon).  One gets the feeling that we could apply this analogy to the current debt-ceiling situation.  The cable TV channels are wall-to-wall with speculation as to when and how this "crisis" is going to be resolved.  The Barry is Gary Cooper waiting in the dusty western street for high noon and the inevitable shoot-out with that dastardly Republican, John Boehner.

The American public has pulled their window curtains and are peeking out to see who survives this quick-draw duel. And just as Gary Cooper evinced that air of vincibility in that famous movie, so The Barry has recently been showing cracks in his bravado facade.  His recent speech, hoping to rally the American public around his cause, was full of tired cliches and fell pretty flat.  I don't know if this real-life drama is going to ape the movie and have The Barry prevail, but I do strongly suspect that if Obama doesn't win this gun-battle, he will not only be lying in the proverbial dust ... but his presidency will effectively be over.