Although I think he's not the best at letting people know his accomplishments nor at selling them in the first place. But, despite all the obstruction he's faced, and the incrediblly bad hand he was dealt, he has accomplished more than many. (There are lists out there if you need them).
I also think he thinks in the long term, not the immediate skirmish, and won't show his hand until the time is right. In this latest skirmish, perhaps he could have held out for higher rates for $250K+, but he did get some higher taxes for those people in capital gains. Perhaps he could have held out for permanent fixes on tuition breaks. Perhaps not. We weren't there.
There's a mathematical concept, sometimes called the streetwalker's theorem, which is expressed this way: You are a streetwalker, you get an offer from a John, which is low. If you take it, you may miss out on a higher offer, or you may get no other offer at all. You have to decide what your threshold is for accepting an offer. Obviously, you can't predict the future, so you have to play the probabilities of what you think you might be able to get. Put in political terms, you are dealing with the possible outcome, vs. the ideal outcome.
Someone said Not to let the perfect be the enemy of the good.
(Teddy Kennedy?).
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