Reply #30: I believe that's true....

[tulsakatz]

..especially related to politics. People rarely get everything they want in a piece of legislation but they usually get some of the more important aspects of it.

And there are differences regarding how something is compromised. The GOP gave up a few things that weren't very important to them to get something big. True, they may not have wanted to pay for unemployment but they got much more of what they wanted by extending tax cuts. What did we get? Not much in my opinion.

By giving in to GOP demands, Obama has made himself look very weak. He is the president, after all! He should be pushing those guys around instead of being bullied by the opposition party!