Durbin is only doing his Job [View all]

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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.

At the same time, Sen. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Democrat, tapped his ties to the liberal wing of the party to urge a broader deficit deal in 2013 that would include trims to Medicare and other entitlement cuts.

"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