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Dick Durbin is very close to President Obama and has long had the function of WH liaison with senate liberals.
It's not like Durbin just decided to go rogue and talk up entitlement reductions. He is fulfilling his now familiar role as de facto WH representative and negotiator within the caucus.
"We can't be so naive to believe that just taxing the rich will solve our problems," said Durbin, speaking at the influential liberal group called Center for American Progress. "Put everything on the table. Repeat. Everything on the table."
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/11/29/175856/senates-no-2-democrat-calls-for.html
still_one
(92,454 posts)our party who spoke their own mind, even if disagreeing with the President.
in addition, this isn't the first time durbin has brought this up
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)This has been Durbin's job for years, and it is a necessary job. I am not knocking it.
Durbin acts as liaison between the WH and Senate liberals.
Most senators do not have the role of WH liaison in the Senate. Durbin does.
still_one
(92,454 posts)if we have a majority in the Senate right now?
I don't care whether it is Durbin's position or the administrations, either way they lose me if they do that
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)some reason -- that he believes it is the right thing to do as policy.
still_one
(92,454 posts)Response to cthulu2016 (Original post)
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PETRUS
(3,678 posts)MotherPetrie
(3,145 posts)He takes the heat off Obama while Obama screws us behind the scenes.
msongs
(67,462 posts)leftstreet
(36,117 posts)Whose side is he on?