Depressing tweet by Nate Silver

[budkin]

"You can make a good argument that the proposed deal is worse for Democrats than Boehner's original bill."

http://twitter.com/#!/fivethirtyeight/status/97678936586190849

[Parker CA]

1. But this is compromise so it's a win!

:eyes:

[ChairmanAgnostic]

4. GO BipartisanShit! Above all else, make it a joint screwing

Of our country, Mr. president.

[trayfoot]

2. I've come to the reluctant conclusion

that I cannot believe either the reTHUGs or the dems! I hate that. I had such high hopes for President Obama. But when the dems allow the pubs to take everything away from the middle class and the working poor, it is time to look for another vehicle to push progressive objectives.

[theophilus]

9. We seem to be in the same boat. n/t

[Demit]

3. Is he going to present the argument in his next 140-character tweet?

Honestly, I swear. What passes for communication these days.

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. ROFL...You "could" make the argument...that's all a lot of folks need

Of course, you "could" make the opposite argument.

I wish somebody would make both rather than skipping those steps and straight to the rending of garments and gnashing of teeth mode.

:rofl:

[tridim]

5. Terrorism works.

Vote out the terrorists in 2012.

[spanone]

6. that's why boehner's original deal failed...it wasn't wicked enough

[hfojvt]

7. I'd like to see the argument

a statement doesn't prove anything, although the agreement does sound crappy in many ways.

[alcibiades_mystery]

14. Indeed...it's amazing that such a thing doesn't appear to occur to the OP

:wow:

[mzmolly]

8. Does Nate have a link to the specifics on the proposed deal?

I guess I'd like to see that, before I agree or disagree with him on this.

[EC]

10. That's nonsense...

Nate Silver is really getting full of himself lately. Boner's first plan was the Ryan Plan...how is that better?

[ProSense]

11. Wow

every flawed opinion is wisdom!

Deep!

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Really? You could? OK, make it.

I'll make the argument that it's better than the Boehner bill and the Reid bill, at least in terms of what we've heard.