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Originally Posted by PBzeer
After telling Congressional GOP leaders, "I won", Obama has shown his much hearlded talk of a new bi-partisanship, is just that, talk. It's my way, or the highway. Funny how not so long ago we were hearing how terrible that attitude is.
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Originally Posted by sck5
When you lose as big as the repubs have, and STILL can only think of tax cuts as the reponse to any and every problem, and have run the economy into the ground, you shouldnt expect people to care much what you have to say.
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I think you're both wrong.
You guys are just poking sticks at each other. So far Obama has been pretty good as far as Presidents go at staying above the fray, I suspect he will continue with that strategy because it's been working for him. He's made a few unlikely choices that angered is own party, has been willing to change his mind on a number of key issues, and even the fact he's entertaining the Republicans at all is proof enough he's trying to maintain a certain amount of order and even, dare we say it, friendliness. Party faithful on both sides won't have many nice things to say about that, and maybe there's not much good to say about it, but it does seem to work for him. I think he'll continue to let his parties Sck5's fight with the Republican parties Pbz's, and he'll try to at least appear to be listening to both. Does that make him a Republican ? No, of course not, he's obviously a Democrat to the core and no doubt his choices will go that way, but I do think he will try to make concessions along the way and even work with moderates for consensus when it's possible.