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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCapitulation is never popular. Or effective. - Excellent post by Markos at Daily Kos
If President Barack Obama has a flaw, it's his obviously overwhelming desire to appear reasonable and conciliatory and "work together" to find "compromise" and "get things done". Bipartisanly. With a sane, reasonable, conciliatory opposition, that approach would make sense. But after four years of getting slammed by Republicans eager to destroy his presidency, Obama still hasn't learned the lesson. He still thinks he's going to get rewarded for being the "adult in the room". Yeah, everything I've put inside scare quotes is a joke. A bad, painful joke.
So there's nothing better than headlines like this one, in the Washington Post, to deliver the lesson to the White House to, well, just quit being the Capitulator In Chief:
A rough 24 hours for the White House
You see, Obama had drawn a line in the sand, and then -- to no one's surprise -- ended up capitulating on everything he said he'd never capitulate on.
Capitulation is never a strength. A deal will obviously require concessions by the president, but you make those to FINISH the deal, not in the middle of negotiations, and not until after you've branded the opposition with the concessions they're demanding. If a final deal required concessions on chained CPI, then make sure it's the Republicans making those demands, and then make sure everyone knows it's the Republicans making those demands. Don't be the one making that offer, for chrissakes!
White House allies are disappointed to see an old dynamic reasserting itself: The president makes concessions, thinking hes close to a deal, and then the Republicans pocket those concessions, offering nothing but renewed threats to blow up the talks in return.
Yup, this is insanity. Not only is it brain dead stupid with regards to Republicans, but also betrays his own vice president and congressional caucus -- which had promised several times that Social Security (among other things) was off the table.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/18/1171777/-Capitulation-is-never-popular-Or-effective
Tell President Obama to take Social Security cuts off the table, in current and in future negotiations.
http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=280&tag=1218Capitulation
So there's nothing better than headlines like this one, in the Washington Post, to deliver the lesson to the White House to, well, just quit being the Capitulator In Chief:
A rough 24 hours for the White House
You see, Obama had drawn a line in the sand, and then -- to no one's surprise -- ended up capitulating on everything he said he'd never capitulate on.
Capitulation is never a strength. A deal will obviously require concessions by the president, but you make those to FINISH the deal, not in the middle of negotiations, and not until after you've branded the opposition with the concessions they're demanding. If a final deal required concessions on chained CPI, then make sure it's the Republicans making those demands, and then make sure everyone knows it's the Republicans making those demands. Don't be the one making that offer, for chrissakes!
White House allies are disappointed to see an old dynamic reasserting itself: The president makes concessions, thinking hes close to a deal, and then the Republicans pocket those concessions, offering nothing but renewed threats to blow up the talks in return.
Yup, this is insanity. Not only is it brain dead stupid with regards to Republicans, but also betrays his own vice president and congressional caucus -- which had promised several times that Social Security (among other things) was off the table.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/18/1171777/-Capitulation-is-never-popular-Or-effective
Tell President Obama to take Social Security cuts off the table, in current and in future negotiations.
http://campaigns.dailykos.com/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=280&tag=1218Capitulation
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Capitulation is never popular. Or effective. - Excellent post by Markos at Daily Kos (Original Post)
octoberlib
Dec 2012
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I never believed any of them when they said SS was off the table. Always knew it was a lie.
forestpath
Dec 2012
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BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)1. Yet another anti-Obamanite. Jesus. What's happened to DU? eom
forestpath
(3,102 posts)2. I never believed any of them when they said SS was off the table. Always knew it was a lie.
kentuck
(111,103 posts)3. Capitulator in Chief.
Sums it up quite well.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)4. About the only difference from a Romney win
MIGHT be a SCOTUS nomination.
Of course he might capitulate on that, especially if Reid capitulates on the filibuster.