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nashville_brook

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Sun Dec-12-10 11:52 AM
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14. And it would have been great politics, making Obama appear to stand up for the unemployed

There is no reason this GOP-friendly compromise couldn't have been floated after making a public spectacle of Republicans putting families out to starve during Christmas.

He didn't try. He left money on the table. He left political capital allover the place like confetti.

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-In tax deal, Obama didn't secure as many "concessions" as advertised	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 10:13 AM	#0
- EXCELLENT POST! Thank you! n/t	bluethruandthru	Dec-12-10 10:18 AM	#1
- Grassley: Unemployment extension would have been possible without tax deal	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 10:24 AM	#2
- k & r	Starry Messenger	Dec-12-10 10:28 AM	#3
- You mean we were -gasp - lied to by a president?	Jakes Progress	Dec-12-10 10:34 AM	#4
- Republicans blocked unemployment for a couple of months and killed some stimulus benefits	ProSense	Dec-12-10 10:35 AM	#5
- And we made considerable political gains by making this a public fight.	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 11:34 AM	#11
- Republicans were willing to extend unemployment if used money from stimulus bill	no limit	Dec-13-10 08:21 AM	#43
- It is a scam. The repukes did not give up anything they REALLY hoped to hold on to.	BrklynLiberal	Dec-12-10 10:35 AM	#6
- it actually works great for them in the long run b/c they get to dismantle govt.	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 03:58 PM	#39
- BINGO!!!	BrklynLiberal	Dec-12-10 05:21 PM	#41
- Thank you for breaking this down.	silver10	Dec-12-10 11:03 AM	#7
- The right loves tax cuts because they want to drown government in the bathtub....	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 11:05 AM	#8
- Great Post	John Q. Citizen	Dec-12-10 11:10 AM	#9
- It's the nature of back room deals, and Obama himself spoke eloquently about the tragedy	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 11:23 AM	#10
- There is little reason to believe Republicans would not have supported this as a stand alone bill...	WhaTHellsgoingonhere	Dec-12-10 11:48 AM	#12
- And it would have been great politics, making Obama appear to stand up for the unemployed	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 11:52 AM	#14
- Looks to me like he's governing just like he wants to.n/t	dgibby	Dec-12-10 03:26 PM	#35
- Are you kidding me? Or, ...	Kweli4Real	Dec-12-10 11:50 AM	#13
- You are certainly welcome to that opinion. It ignores the reality that Repubs love tax cuts	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 11:57 AM	#15
- Two things ...	Kweli4Real	Dec-12-10 12:12 PM	#18
- Ezra Klein of the Washington post would disagree with you.	JamesA1102	Dec-12-10 11:57 AM	#16
- actually, Ezra doesn't address the issue of what the GOP would have done	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 12:11 PM	#17
- True ...	Kweli4Real	Dec-12-10 12:24 PM	#20
- and Ezra doesn't address the other point	hfojvt	Dec-12-10 12:41 PM	#23
- +1000 nt	laughingliberal	Dec-12-10 01:17 PM	#28
- I trust Ezra	JamesA1102	Dec-12-10 01:22 PM	#30
- the only reason not to this time	hfojvt	Dec-12-10 04:03 PM	#40
- Good points!	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 06:09 PM	#42
- that's a devastating analysis and comparison of Bush rhetoric and our current president's	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 01:27 PM	#32
- You can't take a guess? nt	JamesA1102	Dec-12-10 01:23 PM	#31
- Yet, the President is perturbed & petulant that liberals aren't grateful for his hard work. nt	laughingliberal	Dec-12-10 12:18 PM	#19
- +1000	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 01:09 PM	#27
- Tax Cuts	Modern School	Dec-12-10 12:30 PM	#21
- +1000 -- welcome to DU, btw -- :)	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 01:21 PM	#29
- The payroll tax holiday should be on the red side. It's a ploy to destroy SS.	Odin2005	Dec-12-10 12:32 PM	#22
- Agreed	silver10	Dec-12-10 01:00 PM	#25
- ouch -- for real.	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 01:56 PM	#33
- Does it really matter if we both wanted something?	Still a Democrat	Dec-12-10 12:52 PM	#24
- Because it's not a concession if you're getting something the other side wants too.	Hello_Kitty	Dec-12-10 01:01 PM	#26
- Anyone have a similar chart from the Bush years?	Lorien	Dec-12-10 03:06 PM	#34
- not exactly what you're looking for...but interesting	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 03:27 PM	#36
- this is good too, still not what you're looking for...also this is pre-compromise	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 03:28 PM	#37
- HERE YOU GO	nashville_brook	Dec-12-10 03:32 PM	#38
- I think you might mean something like this...	krispos42	Dec-13-10 08:54 AM	#45
- It still blows a $114 billion dollar hole in the budget	krispos42	Dec-13-10 08:40 AM	#44

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