Has it occurred to anyone that Obama's proposal may be strategic?

[brooklynite]

Since he can reasonably assume that the Republicans will -never- agree to net revenue increases, this could be a way to frame the Republicans as so irresponsible that it's not worth negotiating with them further.

[Vincardog]

1. I am getting REAL tired of trying to explain WHY BO takes such incredibly BAD positions.

[elleng]

2. I would hope that DUers would recognize PrezO's actions as strategy-based.

[Better Believe It]

4. A Wall Street and Corporate America strategy.

[jaxx]

5. Many do. Thanks for bringing it up.

[Richardo]

13. +1

:patriot:

[defendandprotect]

3. Ah, yes the 12 dimentional chess game -- think Obama should try Parcheesi -- !!

[dflprincess]

6. Another chess game and we're the pawns n/t

[TxVietVet]

7. I agree with Obama's proposals may be strategic.

He just better pull it off without cutting Social Security, Medicare and Medicade. If the Dems do that, good. If not, there needs to be some drastic changes in this country because BOTH parties don't listen to their constituencies.

[nc4bo]

11. +1. nt.

[Bluenorthwest]

8. You know, after all that has happened they need no other

'frame' to play hardball. Sorry. The whole 'if we say this, then they will do that, and THEN we can call them out' tap dance is just daft in the extreme.

[patrice]

9. So, offer them everything else that they want, expecting that they will reject it due to

Revenue Increases. When does he say something like, "I tried to let you have it all, but you rejected it all, so now I'm going to do what my base wants"?

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[Change has come]

19. Do you think Reactionary Screaming may be strategic?

:shrug:

[corpseratemedia]

12. yeah, strategic

dem base voter suppression


total turn off -revolting to even float it

"fucking retards" worked like magic bringing out the dem base, remember?

[Eddie Haskell]

14. You mean he's planning to switch parties?

I'm so tired of the change.

[LiberalAndProud]

15. Surrender as strategy. It's possible.

It could be that he's exhausted and is ready to take to the lecture circuit. I can't really say that I blame him if that's the case. When a man who believes that compromise is the solution to every problem negotiates with parties who make no concessions, there is no winning strategy.

[markpkessinger]

16. Here we go with the "11 dimensional chess" bit again . . .

. . . It's very tired.

[Dreamer Tatum]

17. "Sorry you have to eat cat food, lady. But I'm playing chess, and you're pawn." nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Is this vulcan chess?

I will go as far as trial balloon... after that... BULLSHIT.

[H2O Man]

20. No.

That is not realistic.