Is Obama now "Washington's resident adult in a town full of bickering children?"

[Clio the Leo]

Well, this ought to be fun...

The first glimpse of Obama's strategy for dealing with divided government:

With Democrats reeling in the wake of Obama's deal to extend all the Bush tax cuts, Michael Scherer has a remarkably sane take on what happened, noting that the deal allowed Republicans to walk away with the major prize but also allowed Obama to present himself as the defender of the middle class against Washington business-as-usual.

What you're seeing is the first glimpse of Obama's political strategy for dealing with divided government. Obama will strive for deals with Republicans that require concessions on core liberal priorities, and openly concede unhappiness with those concessions, but argue that the deals he's reaching are the best possible under the circumstances.

Obama will insist that such deals are necessary to keep government functioning on behalf of the American people, casting himself as the middle class's defender-in-chief against partisan brickbats flying from both sides. He'll be Washington's resident adult in a town full of bickering children -- on the right and the left.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/12/the_morning_plum_145.html

[Enrique]

1. Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, are you listenting?

if the Democrats oppose you on ANYTHING, say they're being children and Obama will step in and take your side so he can appear to be an adult.

[griffi94]

2. talk about newspeak

"Obama will strive for deals with Republicans that require concessions on core liberal priorities, and openly concede unhappiness with those concessions, but argue that the deals he's reaching are the best possible under the circumstances."





so all we have to do is continue to move the goalposts and keep saying "we won, we won"

[rocktivity]

3. And that strategy will get him and the Dems re-elected?

Our government is supposed to be "strive" for LAWS and POLICIES -- not deals -- that will help ALL Americans, not just the ones with the biggest wallets.

This guy must be a Rethug mole.

:rofl:
rocktivity

[Pisces]

4. Yes!!