A Way Out?

First Read: “The White House has signaled that it is open to a short-term CR and debt-limit hike, which would meet the president’s demand that he won’t negotiate until after both are passed cleanly. After that, you could have a larger negotiation — over entitlements, the sequester, government operations for the rest of the year, and a longer debt-limit hike. Many might argue that such a short-term deal would only prolong the fight. (But isn’t a cooling-off period in order?) The question here is whether Boehner and House Republicans could take this way out.”