Open thread: Obama presser on “fiscal cliff”

◼ We’ve been here at least twice during the Obama administration — once immediately after the 2010 midterms, and then again during the summer of 2011. We’re having this conversation today because we keep kicking the same can down the same road in order to avoid the political consequences of addressing the budgetary and fiscal crises that face the nation. - Ed Morrissey/HotAir

Will this be any different? Both sides now say they want to work together, but National Journal’s Major Garrett writes that it will take something for which Obama hasn’t displayed any capacity in four years — flexibility...