Depends on the meaning of “offer”

I guess it depends on the WSJ headline writer’s definition of “offer”.

Obama’s Cliff Offer Spurned : GOP Criticizes Proposal for Tax, Spending Increases With Limited Entitlement Cuts

via GOP Rejects Cliff Offer From Obama – WSJ.com.

For example:

• Nov 29 2012: “Obama’s Cliff Offer Spurned”
• Aug 31 1939: “Hitler’s Danzig/Corridor offer spurned by Poland.”
• Dec 8 1941: “Japan’s Hawaii offer spurned by FDR”

And yes, I suppose in a manner of speaking Obama could be said to have offered limited entitlement cuts. He also offered limited tax and spending increases, but only in the sense that he didn’t explicitly use the word “infinite.”