Reply #10: Opting for lose/lose

[depakid]

Alienating your base by pandering to Republicans (who hate and will destroy you at all costs) -showing them that you are weak AND getting watered down or ineffective legislation that won't get the job done.

All the while squandering unprecedented political capital and getting virtually nothing from the opposition in return.

lose/lose/lose/lose.

That seems to be the pattern.

Rational people don't behave this way. Obsessed people do- which is why Tina Brown's title seems- based on the past 4 weeks to be right on point.