Steven Pearlstein, of the Washington...

...Post, has a novel suggestion for brokering a budget deal:

Can’t we just hand this whole thing over to the Navy SEALs?

Imagine it: The unmarked choppers flying in low over the Mall. The guys in black rapelling down the Capitol dome. Members of the budget committees rounded up from their chambers, and from their hideaways, dragged into Statuary Hall and subjected to “intense interrogation techniques.” President Obama and the National Economic Council watching it all in real time from the White House Situation Room. And then, in less time than it takes the Senate clerk to complete a quorum call, the politicians crack and agree to a budget compromise. Geronimo, baby.

Actually, it's a good piece on what a final bill may look like.