Kenzie takes a plunge as Dad stands at the ready in case she needs him (she didn't).
The heat wave continues.  Today's high will be 104.  I went to the pool at 7:30 with the temperature a mild 80 to swim laps.  The water was perfect.  By this afternoon it will feel like  bath water and won't even be refreshing.
I read that talks have completely broken down between the White House and Boehner.  It's so obvious what the Republican strategy is.  They want to propose a short term stop-gap rise in the debt limit at the last minute....this in spite of the fact that Obama and the Democrats have said they will not approve any proposal that does not raise the debt limit until 2012 after the elections.
If the Democrats refuse it, the Republicans can claim that it was the Democrats who threw the country into default.  On the other hand, if they accept it, it becomes an issue in the upcoming elections. 
Obama has done everything but stand on his head to try to appease the Republicans, even standing ready to incur the wrath of Democrats by offering cuts to entitlements such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security.  
The GOP, however, wants all the candy, showing its total disregard for the good of America by refusing to give an inch on the issue of taxes on the wealthy and closing the loopholes for Big Business.  In other words, Obama and the Democrats do all the giving while the Republicans smugly sit back and claim victory.
Even if a last-minute vote raises the debt limit, the powers that be have stated they will probably still downgrade the U.S. credit rating.  That will result in higher interest rates on the national debt, which, in turn, will force the debt even higher.  It will also trigger higher interest with banks, making borrowing even harder for business.  All that could throw us into another recession. 
Boy, I hate it when Republicans play politics at the expense of our country and its people.  But when have they ever put the people first?  They have always catered to the whims of Big Business and the wealthy.  However, eventually enough of them usually would swing over and vote for what had to be done.
With John Boehner leading the Republicans, I don't see that happening. 
What a weakling!  He has a bunch of greenhorn, rookie tea party Congressmen who are TELLING HIM what to do.   He is third in line to the Presidency.  What a catastrophe that would be!