Reply #13: It's Sophie's Choice.

[Arkana]

And you evidently didn't read the article, which, by the way, is from ThinkProgress. Obama didn't like that the deal included the Bush tax cuts, because he believes they were wasteful and counterproductive.

But Republicans were threatening to practically blow up the government if they didn't get an extension. So in exchange for an extension, they gave Obama a year of UI extensions, the repeal of DADT, and the ratification of START.

You can lie and spin and rationalize all you want, but the President doesn't "like" the Bush tax cuts at all. He signed the bill so that he could have the most productive lame-duck session in modern history.