Sadly, they will comply.

BARACK OBAMA: [L]et’s stop the threats. Let’s stop the political posturing, Let’s keep our government open. Let’s pay our bills on time. Let’s pass a budget. Let’s work together to do what the American people sent us here to do: Create jobs; grow our economy; expand opportunity.

That’s what we need to do.

As far as the budget goes, it’s time for responsible Republicans who share these goals — and there are a number of folks out there who I think are decent folks — I’ve got some disagreements with them on some issues — but I think genuinely want to see the economy grow and want what’s best for the American people.

It’s time for those Republicans to step up, and they’ve got to decide what they want to prioritize. Originally, they said they wanted deficit reduction. As I said before, our deficits are falling fast.