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Cliff Win May Be Obama’s Last
Commentary, by Jonathan S. Tobin

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Posted By:Drive, 1/2/2013 7:28:48 AM

President Obama got the best of both worlds with the passage of the deal to prevent the country going over the fiscal cliff. He got the massive tax hike on wealthier Americans that he wanted and paid for it with no spending cuts. Though he acted throughout the crisis as if he might prefer the political advantage that he would gain by a Republican refusal to pass these measures, the avoidance of the cliff prevents the economy from going into a tailspin that would blight his second term.

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Keekng, 1/2/2013 7:36:16 AM     (No. 9094245)

Am I the only person who changes channels if obamas face shows up? Somehow, I suspect there are many of us.


Reply 2 - Posted by: SourKraut, 1/2/2013 7:38:01 AM     (No. 9094249)

´last´ ? LAST ????

with gutless weepy Bonehead in charge in the House ??

you gotta be kidding.......Bambi knows he can get ANYTHING by name-calling: ´unwilling to negotiate´ ´harming the weakest´ ´your momma wears Army boots´


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: sewa, 1/2/2013 7:38:12 AM     (No. 9094250)

To No. 1,, you are not alone.


Reply 4 - Posted by: Blue-Z-Anna, 1/2/2013 7:44:41 AM     (No. 9094257)

Sounds like the ´sour grapes´ defense to me.

Barky and the Barkettes have plenty of newer and bolder outrages in the works.

Mssr.Tobin is in the denial stage of grief.


Reply 5 - Posted by: snapper451, 1/2/2013 7:49:09 AM     (No. 9094268)

I say stop him in his tracks. Nothing more for 2 years. We need someone in the Republican Party to explain our peril to the people. We may have to run commercials to do so because the media, other than Fox will not cover it - instead "covering" for Obama.


Reply 6 - Posted by: dudette4freedom, 1/2/2013 7:49:24 AM     (No. 9094269)

This is whistling past the graveyard. Obama knows how to play the GOP like a fiddle. And they are stupid and gutless and unprincipled and so worried about being lved by the media they will sell out their principles at the drop of hat. I am thoroughly disgusted with Republicans no money anymore.


Reply 7 - Posted by: navyjag907, 1/2/2013 7:51:55 AM     (No. 9094273)

I don´t own a television. Makes life much simpler with less stress. No real danger of having Obama in my home without a real invitation.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Patchy Groundfog, 1/2/2013 7:56:46 AM     (No. 9094275)

The arrogant tosser had the nerve to resume his vacation - governance is a mere annoyance to this smug git.


Reply 9 - Posted by: GringoinQuito, 1/2/2013 7:59:08 AM     (No. 9094280)

# 1, I´m with you!


Reply 10 - Posted by: dirtydave, 1/2/2013 7:59:23 AM     (No. 9094281)

No, #1, you are not. It´s getting hard even to read his quotes in news stories.


Reply 11 - Posted by: smcchk, 1/2/2013 8:01:22 AM     (No. 9094284)

Obama and Reid own this economy now. Even the MSM spin won´t change that fact in the average American´s thick skull.


Reply 12 - Posted by: dallasdude, 1/2/2013 8:02:20 AM     (No. 9094287)

Understanding politics is troublesome to some here.
The Repubs did the right thing here for the country and the the next round in couple of months with 0bambi will be his Waterloo. The far left hates this deal and that tells plenty.
Wake up and smell the coffee.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: ColoWapiti, 1/2/2013 8:12:05 AM     (No. 9094301)

I don´t know why he thinks this will keep the economy from going into a tailspin. He seems to prescribe to the notion that we can tax our way into prosperity.


Reply 14 - Posted by: dallasdude, 1/2/2013 8:13:42 AM     (No. 9094304)

To bolster my previous post here is Paul Krugman´s assessment of 0bambi shallow victory~~

"OK, now for the really bad news. Anyone looking at these negotiations, especially given Obama’s previous behavior, can’t help but reach one main conclusion: whenever the president says that there’s an issue on which he absolutely, positively won’t give ground, you can count on him, you know, giving way — and soon, too. The idea that you should only make promises and threats you intend to make good on doesn’t seem to be one that this particular president can grasp"


Reply 15 - Posted by: Nimby, 1/2/2013 8:43:34 AM     (No. 9094353)

Time for Boehner to be dumped and Cantor to be made the speaker


Reply 16 - Posted by: Keekng, 1/2/2013 8:51:59 AM     (No. 9094370)

#10, et al, I started ignoring "anything obama" eons ago.


Reply 17 - Posted by: Janjan, 1/2/2013 8:59:45 AM     (No. 9094385)

Boehner failed to explain to the low IQ voters exactly why this tax hike is going to further harm the economy and lose more jobs. Americans were cut out of this negotiation altogether and basically told to sit down and shut up while the snakeoil salesmen did their thing with each other. We may not have have been able to avoid this because a lot of people are too dumb to understand it but down the road it would have become clear.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: stablemoney, 1/2/2013 9:19:20 AM     (No. 9094438)

It´s the last time until the next time the GOP caves, which will be the next time.



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