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TygrBright

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5. This is VERY smart. By offering the GOPpie Goobs some political cover...

Thu Jan 3, 2013, 08:38 PM

Jan 2013

...he's allowing them to quietly slide out of the ideological corners many of them have painted themselves into.

Yes, it might be more satisfying to rub their noses in it and play a high-profile hardball/hardass position, but that would end up with much less favorable outcomes for the people of those states being held hostage by posturing goons-er-Goobs playing to the teapeanut gallery.

Allowing them to save face in public gives him way more leverage to turn the screws behind the scenes to get some real, meaningful concessions on the exchange issue.

Speaking as a resident of the state being held hostage by our GOPpie Goob, Texas Susie, this gives me some hope.

interestedly,
Bright

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The White House calls Utah’s Obamacare bluff [View all] babylonsister Jan 2013 OP

Obama will win all of these. What's right for all will win in the end. freshwest Jan 2013 #1

Thank you, babylonsistah! Cha Jan 2013 #2

That's bad ass! tridim Jan 2013 #3

"It was a sort of kill-them-with-kindness strategy." annabanana Jan 2013 #4

And, dare I think this, if it works for one state, it might work for more? babylonsister Jan 2013 #6

This is VERY smart. By offering the GOPpie Goobs some political cover... TygrBright Jan 2013 #5

Classic Obama Coalition Building Skraxx Jan 2013 #11

Finally! BlueDemKev Jan 2013 #7

Have to wonder if the increased oversight that Obamacare will bring is the big concern siligut Jan 2013 #8

Much as we love to hate on the the red states, they still have real live human being living in them yodermon Jan 2013 #9

Believe it or not, Utah is probably the best red state to have running it's exchange bluestate10 Jan 2013 #10