In a recent speech President Obama reached out to those who want to shoot him and those who want him dead by any means by making a bipartisan offer to be critically wounded. The president has found a profession marksman who has assured him that he can shoot the president in such a way as to guarantee a 50% chance of survival. Obama said, "Those who want me dead are citizens too and have a right to have their views considered when forging a bipartisan compromise. I feel a 50-50 chance of survival is fair to all sides on the issue."

Senator Grassley responded, "While there are some parts of this offer I can sign onto, for example the part where the president dies, I feel the republicans in congress will need a few more concessions on the 50% chance of the president surviving. I don't see why we need to pass the whole bill at once. We can do this incrementally by passing the section where the president dies and sometime after his funeral see if we can work out a compromise on the other section."

A high level official in the Obama administration stated that Obama feels Senator Grassley is a republican he can work with and will continue to seek a bipartisan agreement. President Obama prefers the legislation include a 50% possibility that he will live but doesn't feel that is a necessary component in a bipartisan bill.