I think Obama is still playing chess

[Cali_Democrat]

Have patience guys.

I think it will all work out in the end.

[Lerkfish]

1. I'm showing more courage than others by admitting I"m unrec'ing this

because even if its hyperdimensional chess, you can't win if your only power piece is Joe Lieberman.

[IndianaGreen]

16. Joe Lieberman has fucked Obama in the ass

and Obama is now telling us that it wasn't so bad, after all.

Thank you, Joe, may I have another!

:spank:

[xultar]

20. [phone]

[Owl]

45. Ugly as it is, I think you're right.

[Cronus Protagonist]

2. It that were so, he'd have made a move or two by now

Chess is not a passive game.

[rainy]

3. How about signing statements? Can he just throw it in at the end? Bush did

such things.

[MrCoffee]

Hey, the last guy did all sorts of unconstitutional things...our guy should too!

[harkadog]

39. Obama uses signing statements. All Presidents do.

http://www.coherentbabble.com/ss2009.htm

[IndianaGreen]

4. Obama playing chess = Keep the powder dry rationale

This dog won't hunt no more.

[Owl]

48. Our powder is so God-damned dry it ain't worth a shit anymore!

:rofl:

Chess? :rofl:

[LovinLife]

5. I think he's playing Uno or candyland personally. NT

[avaistheone1]

9. I think you are more on target.

Obama excels at...

[Cha]

10. Just because that's your game doesn't mean anyone

else likes it.

[Enrique]

6. and he's kicking our ass n/t

[MNDemNY]

7. ackkk.

:rofl: :spray:

[Cha]

8. I do have patience and

hope this will work out for the best.

There was so much disgust on this board when the PO was in. They were calling it shit..so now they're screaming even more..what's new?

[tblue]

17. Progressives are playing chess now and we just put them "in check."

This will help Obama in the end.

[Kermitt Gribble]

24. Who's we??

You must be either an insurance exec or a senator.

It's sick that you take pleasure on getting a political "win" out of this. People are dying.

[we can do it]

11. I Think He's Playing Hide the Sausage with Us

[MNDemNY]

12. Oh...FOUND IT !! damn, that hurt.

[calico1]

13. But with who?

Us?

:shrug:

[asdjrocky]

14. How about instead of patience our President shows some courage.

[jobycom]

15. Maybe, but the other side is playing extreme cage fighting.

They keep knocking over the board.

[AndyA]

18. I don't think so.

I think he's given this one away to the corporations.

He knows he's not as bad as the one before him, so anything less abusive is OK, right? :eyes:

(I hope I'm wrong and you're right, but at some point you give away so much there's no asking for it back.)

[optimator]

19. yes, chess against democrat voters

its a shame he is using Clinton's moves and Bush's pieces.

[KansasVoter]

21. LOL....I am SO SICK of hearing this. Maybe Palin is also.

[xultar]

26. Chess no. Tidddleiewinks is more like it.

[xultar]

22. This chess shit cracks me the fuck up.

[MrCoffee]

25. Is he playing chess under the bus with the dry powder in it?

I'm all cornfuzzled now.

[gkhouston]

36. Sounds like you've had some of the powder. Maybe I'd better collect a sample

to send to the lab for analysis. :-)

[grassfed]

23. we are all Lieberman's bitches

[RBInMaine]

27. You do what is POSSIBLE. Obama is just one branch of the government. Get real.

[freddie mertz]

28. Unrec'd for being based on nothing. nt.

[Hawaii Hiker]

29. The proper way to address Joe Libermann from now on is:

Joe Libermann (Attention Whore-CT.)..

Calling him an indpendent or Democrat is an insult to REAL independents & Democrats...

[Popular Front]

30. I agree. We elected our President

Now we owe it to him to let him do his job.

[Frosty1]

38. Welcome to DU

:hi:

[lapfog_1]

31. obama is playing white

and his first move was 1.f3 aka the Barnes Opening.

[itsrobert]

32. More like Craps

He's rolling snake eyes.

[Blasphemer]

33. I was sure this was going to have a sarcasm icon.... nt

[polichick]

34. I think he's playing the voters. nt

[Hippo_Tron]

35. There's no chess, Joe Lieberman is an obstructionist lame duck asshole

There's really not a whole lot of chess moves you can use to deal with such a person.

[budkin]

37. Checkmate. He lost.

[Clio the Leo]

40. I'm giving you a rec just for your optimism. NT

[grantcart]

41. lol

[Cha]

49. Yeah, it's one of those

nights when that is like gold.

[Caretha]

42. Yeah, that floated

about like a lead balloon.:eyes:

[burning rain]

43. Backgammon, more like.

Or maybe Chutes & Ladders.

[LooseWilly]

44. Rook to H7?...

I had a half-wit's suspicion that he was still playing chess... until I noticed that the Senate can filibuster a Conference Report coming out of Conference Committee just the same as they can filibuster this bill now.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_congressional_conference_committee

"Conference reports are privileged. And in the Senate, a motion to proceed to a conference report is not debatable, although Senators can generally filibuster the conference report itself.")

So there's no where left to go. Do as Joe says... force a real filibuster... or just go ahead and start the Winter Break early and forget about the bill.

Obama's best hopes here are a respectable draw. (Force a filibuster...)

[Better Believe It]

46. Would you believe tiddly winks?

How about marbles?

[QC]

47. Three card monte. n/t

[Umbral]

50. Yeah, he's playing... with himself. nt

[rvablue]

51. I'm crossing my fingers. The one thing that gave me hope was

the look on Baucus's face during the presser today.

He looked like he wanted to crawl into a hole.