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In reply to the discussion: Obama: Dems don't get enough credit for willingness to cut Social Security and Medicare [View all]Marr
(20,317 posts)As several prominent apologists have assured me, Team Obama knew that the Republicans would not accept any offer, so they offered utter capitulation to demonstrate that fact. Nevermind that it severely pissed off their base-- it was just genius politics!
Of course, you have to ignore the fact that the Republican establishment was working overtime to bring their loony Teabagger wing into line and make them accept "yes" for an answer. And you have to ignore how obviously frustrated and angry the entire political establishment was (from the White House to the GOP establishment to the corporate media) when they failed to do so.
It was all just a brilliant ploy to risk everything in exchange for... eh... nothing in particular. Brilliant, I tell you! Chess!