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yay!!! unblock Dec 2012 #1
Thanks. The Dems Cha Dec 2012 #2
i just got in on the end of the report....the reporter dana...? said it. spanone Dec 2012 #5
Just guessing here... Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #10
Sounds like an Cha Dec 2012 #12
Thank you for the heads up spanone sasha031 Dec 2012 #3
Chained CPI should have never been on the table. Period. AndyA Dec 2012 #4
Because Obama is withdrawing it, or GOP won't accept it? leftstreet Dec 2012 #6
Probably because the Dems pulled it Cali_Democrat Dec 2012 #7
The Dem Senate won't accept it cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #8
So now the Dem Senate is anti-Obama? Are they haters? leftstreet Dec 2012 #13
You don't have to be anti Obama to not agree arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #16
Oh, but you do alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #20
as someone who is thankful prez obama is the president.... BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #54
Uncivil is a good description alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #55
Agreed. He should not have put the chained CPI on the table, but I am glad that he is JDPriestly Dec 2012 #78
thank YOU. JDPriestly BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #89
Have you been on vacation? Doctor_J Dec 2012 #70
I never see creeksneakers2 Dec 2012 #75
I get that this is your usual comedy routine alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #19
You're thinking of someone else leftstreet Dec 2012 #25
The ten o'clock show is always the same as the eight o'clock show alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #32
It is due to the huge opposition to the inclusion of these cuts to SS by sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #26
Agreed alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #33
If chained CPI is really off the table who gets the credit? hay rick Dec 2012 #77
The people who screamed bloody murder get the credit. Those who tried to shut sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #80
Chained CPI means tax increases as well as Social Security benefit cuts. bornskeptic Dec 2012 #88
+1 n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #48
Dems know the Repubicans will accuse them of cutting Social Security during the next election Samantha Dec 2012 #24
I depend on SS, but am hardly indigent.` juajen Dec 2012 #71
Just because Prez Obama offered them chained CPI before doesn't mean he's offering it now magical thyme Dec 2012 #41
Obama took it off the table when Boehner rejected it before the Plan B vote DevonRex Dec 2012 #43
This whole thing can give you quite the headache union_maid Dec 2012 #9
Indeed.. I'm like.. Cha Dec 2012 #14
Only if you follow it here on HairOnFireUnderground. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #29
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #49
Best post of the fucking week. And that includes all mine. cliffordu Dec 2012 #59
Bingo ! nt jaysunb Dec 2012 #63
LOL!! Ziiiiinnnngggg!! nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #69
Whew Doctor_J Dec 2012 #11
Ever consider the possibility of posturing as a negotiating tactic to create a public uproar? proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #27
Not if one thinks that the President is CakeGrrl Dec 2012 #39
It must be tiring ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #52
I have been on his side for a long time, and just juajen Dec 2012 #68
Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #73
As one who has successfully negotiated in difficult situations, I would say it is pretty stupid. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #79
Having, also, successfully negotiated ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #81
I am a very small white woman. I look older, middle class if not disheveled. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #91
You mean ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #51
Obama has always sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #64
No he hasn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #72
Better situated members sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #82
We've gone through this ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #83
Raising income taxes sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #84
Capital Gains was on the table ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #85
More and more sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #86
Removing the money ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #90
Obama should have put death panels in ObamaCare. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #30
Just to clarify democrattotheend Dec 2012 #15
^^yep. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #17
Exactly. It's a brief reprieve, nothing more. forestpath Dec 2012 #36
Good. Taverner Dec 2012 #18
some updates cal04 Dec 2012 #21
thanks, been looking for a link!!!! spanone Dec 2012 #22
Oh dear god. Hatchling Dec 2012 #23
That is exactly how some people will view it. The corporatists who are in control will merely plethoro Dec 2012 #50
This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #28
That is good news. I just hope it holds true. n/t RebelOne Dec 2012 #31
I'm so fucking confused leftstreet Dec 2012 #34
somehow i knew you would see it that way. spanone Dec 2012 #35
This am Obama supported chained CPI. Now GOPers opposing it leftstreet Dec 2012 #37
GOP Demands Social Security Cuts -- Then Buckles... spanone Dec 2012 #42
I wish democrattotheend Dec 2012 #47
and they will demand it for everything that comes along. you betcha. spanone Dec 2012 #57
I post Friday that this might happen. Will it help the Republicans as long as they plethoro Dec 2012 #53
Democrats and Republicans just switched sides. Now Dems can be blamed... madfloridian Dec 2012 #44
"because we can't win an argument that has Social Security for seniors versus taxes for the rich." hootinholler Dec 2012 #45
Whatever it takes. TDale313 Dec 2012 #56
There's an awful lot of wiggle room in those statements. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #60
No surprise bhikkhu Dec 2012 #38
Reid: "we’ll not agree to cut Social Security benefits as part of a small or short-term agreement.” Tom Rinaldo Dec 2012 #40
It seems like Obama and the Repukes are for cutting benefits (CPI) Doctor_J Dec 2012 #46
No, I don't think so. He said at the very beginning that SS did not contribute to the juajen Dec 2012 #74
No three dee chess. Just politics. cliffordu Dec 2012 #58
Damn well better be. SSI is spit in the ocean. These obstinate bastards are trying geckosfeet Dec 2012 #61
Obama wants it, GOP wants it, Pelosi isn't adverse to it.... NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #62
Bernie Sanders and other Dems are against it so I hope they prevail. Cleita Dec 2012 #65
I'm pretty sure there's a good reason congress saw fit to draft their own NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #66
i hope it is samsingh Dec 2012 #67
Good. I called my entire delegation, as well as incoming's, about it. Guess they got the message.nt silvershadow Dec 2012 #76
Corker's a clown; it's not for him to take off the table. nt Romulox Dec 2012 #87
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