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In reply to the discussion: BULLSHIT that it's a victory. Let's get our compasses straight as Democrats. [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)realpolitiker in me sees this as Obama painting the Rs into an ever-smaller corner, with an eye toward the 2014 mid-terms when the proper framing will bring the House withing Dem's grasp. Polls show that a sizable majority of Americans (53%, IIRC) believe the Rs are now 'too extreme' and I saw polling yesterday to the effect that a majority of Americans now hold Rs responsible for the failure to avert the Fiscal Cliff.
Yesterday, I read that Norquist backed Plan B while the Club for Growth planned to primary any R who voted for it. If that's not a fatal schism, I don't know what is. And the fact that a majority of Americans now view Obama as the 'responsible adult' means that Social Security should be safe now going forward. Instead of calling Obama's bluff, the Rape-publi-scum folded their hand like the cheap punks and putzes we always knew them to be.