I might be wrong but I THINK Obama just kicked some .....

[Botany]

... GOP ass because in the end the republicans would not comprise on anything so President Obama might get
a raise in the debt ceiling through 2013 and the big 3 might not be touched very much if it all. Obama offered
the moon, the stars, and the sun but the Repugs wanted a pony too.

[Roselma]

1. That's how I see it.

[emulatorloo]

2. Pretty much n/ t

[Warpy]

3. He did. He pretty much gave away the store and they still rejected it.

That pretty much set the stage for a Fourteenth Amendment solution since it's now been proven they don't negotiate, at all.

We're about to live in interesting times unless someone is able to talk some sense into the Weeping Cheeto.

[SusanaMontana41]

15. "... weeping Cheeto."

:rofl:

[piratefish08]

24. "He pretty much gave away the store "

yay?

[Poll_Blind]

4. President Obama looks like a political winner ONLY in comparison to the current Republican..

...Party leadership. President Obama, however, deserves few accolades. With $650 Bln of our Social Security proudly and unreservedly put on the bargaining table, President Obama has elevated himself from an embarassment to the Democratic Party to a threat to the Democratic Party's previously-perennial ability to court seniors or those affected by social programs.

He worries about failure of confidence in the "full faith and credit" of the US govt's treasury instruments but he is not apparently so concerned about the confidence in the "full faith in credit" of the Democratic Party when it comes to protecting social programs.

PB

[KittyWampus]

17. Obama took the fight to the Republican's playing field. It puts him in a position of strenght

when the actual shit starts flying.

[alp227]

5. I can't wait to see the new pictures of a crying Boehner after the debt deal n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. YOU GOT IT!!!

:toast::toast:

[Botany]

7. People need to remember that President Obama gave up ...

..... millions to help the poor in the Chicago / Gary Indiana area after law school.

I might be wrong but Obama let the GOP paint themselves into a corner .... not that the
media will ever tell that story.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. I work for the federal government: HUD. He was proposed MORE money

for the homelessness program and for Section 8. Congress *CUT* those funds, not Obama!

It's simple Civics 101: Congress pulls the pursestrings. The president doesn't have the constitutional authority.

I'm still baffled as to why most don't get this. It's quite simple.

[proud patriot]

8. Yep Obama is a masterful politician

:thumbsup:

[Botany]

10. I think he might even be smarter than some of us on DU

:bounce:

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. *Some*? How about *Most* including me!! n/t

[chalky]

11. Even if the pony had been offered, he still would have done the hair-toss-talk-to-the-hand walkaway.

That's what you get when you put the middle-schoolers in charge.

[Alameda]

13. I don't want the big three touched AT ALL!

off the table and they should never have been on the table.

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. +1000. n/t

[UTUSN]

14. Around *here* you might be wrong, but not really. n/t

[rbnyc]

18. That would be great.

I'm still waiting to see.

[lonestarnot]

19. K & FUCKING R!

[The Big Vetolski]

20. Jeez! D v R. O v the R's. Is that all that matters to you? What

about the effects of all of this theater on the lives of the American people? Is politics just a GAME to you? A wrestling match? Cheer for your quarterback and your team?

It's life and death. Decent living or grinding poverty. Justice or aristocracy. A question of who should wield power.

The Democratic Party I grew up in used to know that. You worry me.

[Botany]

25. did I ever say that I approved of the cuts?

n/t

[Kablooie]

21. I'll bet he's counting on some help from the uber rich...

but not in the way you expect.

I would think that the congress folk that are holding things up will be getting some personal calls from some dangerously rich people pretty soon.

Obama may be able to ask for anything and the GOP will have go give it to him or find themselves in some pretty big personal trouble for the rest of their lives.

[liberalla]

22. Silly GOP. Ponies are cute, but really not practical on Capitol Hill.

But seriously, I'm seeing it the same as you. Not to say it isn't nerve wracking and maddening... it certainly is.

[Bonobo]

23. Mainoumi and Konishiki. The great days of sumo. nt