He was asked a question, he answered it. He gave the most non-committal, safe answer he possibly could have given.
What exactly are you guys "outraged" about?
I don't blame Obama for answering the question. The fact that the AP wastes time asking softball questions of the President during a government shutdown is what pisses me off.
Of course the first Saturday of this crisis Obama spent on the golf course with DNC campaign contributors and this week he spent time posing for his portrait. After all, he only has 3 years and 3 months left to get his Presidential portrait done. Gotta get that important stuff out of the way.