This is a perfect example of why Obama would get blamed if unemployment benefits expired.

[BzaDem]

Some people say Obama should let all the middle class tax cuts expire and let unemployment benefits expire, and blame it on the Republicans.

But why would that work? DADT repeal failed yesterday, with all but one Democrat voting for and all but one Republican voting against. But on THIS VERY BOARD, people are blaming Obama! Not the Republicans that nearly-unanimously killed repeal. It's all Obama's fault.

This is a PERFECT example of what would happen if unemployment benefits expired. Republicans know that when things get bad -- people blame the president. If so many people here so easily and naively play right into Mitch McConnell's hands, and blame Obama, just imagine who someone who didn't follow politics (and didn't even know who controlled Congress) would blame.