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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Ezra Klein: This is why Obama can’t make a deal with Republicans [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)23. I agree that something is wrong ...
and that that something is most people in Washington, DC. But if you have been awake during the past 4 1/2 years (the Obama Presidency) and know anything about leadership, you would not ask those quesstions.
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Ezra Klein: This is why Obama can’t make a deal with Republicans [View all]
babylonsister
Mar 2013
OP
As explained by the likes of Grover Norquist, it was not a tax increase, just resending of
Thinkingabout
Mar 2013
#1
Very true, now if we could get the TP folks to understand they will probably never be
Thinkingabout
Mar 2013
#13
Pretty Much, Ma'am: Being Sure The Public Is Angry, and Aims It In The Right Direction, Is About All
The Magistrate
Mar 2013
#3
you hit the nail on the head.....change in congress....because the two sides are polar
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2013
#57
The Administration can be rolled (easily). The GOP learned that years ago.
blkmusclmachine
Mar 2013
#5
They violate their oath to uphold the country, but will never violate their pledge to Grover.
freshwest
Mar 2013
#6
could have simply let the tax cuts expire. period. as they were supposed to. problem solved.
robinlynne
Mar 2013
#45
Oh yes he did cave. both times. each time saying he would act stronger the next time around.
robinlynne
Mar 2013
#51
I think any real Democrat would have done that! And we all said os loud and clear BEFORE the fact. n
robinlynne
Mar 2013
#52
It all sounds good - just let them expire. But then there's the economic theory
Laura PourMeADrink
Mar 2013
#58
That is why they should have negotiated the Bush tax lapse and the sequester together.
dkf
Mar 2013
#26
and why does obama continue to compromise? There was no need to compromise in January.
robinlynne
Mar 2013
#46