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In reply to the discussion: I really do not think President Obama thought Social Security would ever get cut. [View all]Hatchling
(2,323 posts)23. To save others the effort of having others clickling on your link.
I c&p it here.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022060122
Obama Told Boehner You Get Nothing in Fiscal Cliff Talks
http://www.politicususa.com/obama-told-boehner-you-nothing-fiscal-cliff-talks.html
Read into the rest of the article. It says exactly what I said. That the President knew from the beginning that anything he offered would be rejected. And now he stand at a place of complete strength.
"President Obamas negotiating stance is a lot firmer than many have given him credit for. Obama has been negotiating from total strength. At one point telling Boehner, You get nothing.
A behind the scenes Wall Street Journal report confirmed that President Obama has been one step ahead of his Republican opponents all through the fiscal cliff negotiations.
The Wall Street Journal reported (Via Political Wire) the following exchange between Obama and Boehner during the fiscal cliff negotiations,
Mr. Obama repeatedly lost patience with the speaker as negotiations faltered. In an Oval Office meeting last week, he told Mr. Boehner that if the sides didnt reach agreement, he would use his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech to tell the country the Republicans were at fault.
At one point, Boehner told the president, I put $800 billion on the table. What do I get for that?
Replied Obama: You get nothing. I get that for free.
http://www.politicususa.com/obama-told-boehner-you-nothing-fiscal-cliff-talks.html
Read into the rest of the article. It says exactly what I said. That the President knew from the beginning that anything he offered would be rejected. And now he stand at a place of complete strength.
"President Obamas negotiating stance is a lot firmer than many have given him credit for. Obama has been negotiating from total strength. At one point telling Boehner, You get nothing.
A behind the scenes Wall Street Journal report confirmed that President Obama has been one step ahead of his Republican opponents all through the fiscal cliff negotiations.
The Wall Street Journal reported (Via Political Wire) the following exchange between Obama and Boehner during the fiscal cliff negotiations,
Mr. Obama repeatedly lost patience with the speaker as negotiations faltered. In an Oval Office meeting last week, he told Mr. Boehner that if the sides didnt reach agreement, he would use his inaugural address and his State of the Union speech to tell the country the Republicans were at fault.
At one point, Boehner told the president, I put $800 billion on the table. What do I get for that?
Replied Obama: You get nothing. I get that for free.
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I really do not think President Obama thought Social Security would ever get cut. [View all]
Maraya1969
Dec 2012
OP
I think he has been working with this congress for so long that he knew what they would do.
Maraya1969
Dec 2012
#3
I take back my statment that it was a risk. I say he did it with 100% certainty that it
Maraya1969
Dec 2012
#19
I don't get it. Who was fretting away? Who has been relieved and astonished and why?
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#31
He KNOWS for a fact that the Repubs have written off the 47%, why would he not try to get a
patrice
Dec 2012
#6
I'm willing to acknowledge that a dollop of whipped cream on top of a steaming pile isn't a sundae
TheKentuckian
Dec 2012
#32
Please! Sincerely, I do wonder why that doesn't ALSO apply to you. Can you tell me? nt
patrice
Dec 2012
#5
“It's going to have to be tweaked the way it was by Ronald Reagan and Speaker
WorseBeforeBetter
Dec 2012
#8
I think it's a mistake to look at ANYTHING to do with SS as separate from Medicare & Obamacare.
patrice
Dec 2012
#9
I think PO was also talking through Boehner to the working-class in Boehner's base who most
patrice
Dec 2012
#4
I think Obama wants to cut Social Security. He could care less about the elderly.
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#10
I'm glad you feel that way. He has done a lot of good things, but he has not done much
JDPriestly
Dec 2012
#29
When billions of dollars are at stake, I suspect it takes millions of people to act, not just one.
proverbialwisdom
Dec 2012
#30