Reply #9: Ezras opinion on this is telling to me... [View All]

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I don't always agree with him, since he's usually much more pragmatic and long range thinking than I tend to be. He's always well thought out and persuasive but he's much more of a middle of the road, glass half fully type of guy when it comes to Democratic politics.

So that fact that he is viewing this deal, or more specifically Obama's and Reid's reaction to it with such negative, cynical eyes just makes me more adamant in my belief that this deal is yet another shit sandwich that the Obama admin expects us to eat with a smile.

The main point, is that one highlighted line. "He has now completely accepted the Republican frame".

This is true about tax cuts.
This is true about supply side/trickle down economics.
This is true about healthcare.
This is true about the deficit.

I just don't know any more whether this is to believe that the president and his team are actively complicit or just ridiculously naive and entrenched in beltway insider village media mentality.