@roger,
Sincere? Really?
Did you get that from the president's speech on Wednesday?
I paraphrase:
"We want to hear any idea the Republicans may have and if we haven't already considered them, we're open to discussion."
He created a hole in this invitation that you can drive a truck through.
The Republicans aren't going to come up with ideas they haven't already articulated. He's already "considered" every idea they have, and he's rejected virtually all of them.
This is the guy who told the Republicans that elections have consequences and that he won the one in 2008, and it was a response that most of his supporters cheered.
These same supporters are now insisting that Republicans take a different tact.
It's difficult to expect grace when you show none yourself.