Reply #13: Morning Joe was saying this too

[Red Knight]

He was giving advice on the State of the Union address and suggested that Obama throw his base under the bus and announce he was extending the Bush tax cuts---that his success or failure rode with the independents.

Maybe that's the re-election strategy----keep the independents at any cost---throw the left under the bus---and assume they'll support you anyway if you give them lip service later.

We'll see.