And yet Republicans are being called the rigid ideological partisans.

Via USA Today:

President Obama insists he will not negotiate major budget issues with congressional Republicans until they vote to reopen the government and to lift the debt ceiling.

“There are enough votes in the House of Representatives to make sure that the government reopens today,” Obama told the Associated Press in an interview.

The president added: “And I’m pretty willing to bet that there are enough votes in the House of Representatives right now to make sure that the United States doesn’t end up being a deadbeat.”

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and other Republicans who want to attach a delay to Obama’s health care plan, have criticized Obama’s refusal to negotiate as the government shutdown enters its fifth day and a debt crisis looms.

“The White House’s refusal to negotiate is putting the nation at risk of default,” said Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck. “If we’re going to resolve this, we’re going to have to work together.”