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magical thyme

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41. Just because Prez Obama offered them chained CPI before doesn't mean he's offering it now

Sun Dec 30, 2012, 06:11 PM

Dec 2012

He already told Boehner he missed his opportunity for other GOP demands. So yes, it appears that now that the President is dealing from a position of far greater strength, he's able to rescind past offers. His quote this morning was that he offered them chained CPI and they refused...note the past tense. That was *last* year. That was *before* his re-election. That was then; this is now.

And, as others have written above, the Dem congress can think for themselves and don't have to follow the President's every suggestion. And apparently they aren't no-brain lemming GOPers, marching in lock-step right off the cliff of their own making.

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CNN: corker just confirmed...chained CPI off the table.. [View all] spanone Dec 2012 OP

yay!!! unblock Dec 2012 #1

Thanks. The Dems Cha Dec 2012 #2

i just got in on the end of the report....the reporter dana...? said it. spanone Dec 2012 #5

Just guessing here... Lone_Star_Dem Dec 2012 #10

Sounds like an Cha Dec 2012 #12

Thank you for the heads up spanone sasha031 Dec 2012 #3

Chained CPI should have never been on the table. Period. AndyA Dec 2012 #4

Because Obama is withdrawing it, or GOP won't accept it? leftstreet Dec 2012 #6

Probably because the Dems pulled it Cali_Democrat Dec 2012 #7

The Dem Senate won't accept it cthulu2016 Dec 2012 #8

So now the Dem Senate is anti-Obama? Are they haters? leftstreet Dec 2012 #13

You don't have to be anti Obama to not agree arthritisR_US Dec 2012 #16

Oh, but you do alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #20

as someone who is thankful prez obama is the president.... BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #54

Uncivil is a good description alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #55

Agreed. He should not have put the chained CPI on the table, but I am glad that he is JDPriestly Dec 2012 #78

thank YOU. JDPriestly BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2012 #89

Have you been on vacation? Doctor_J Dec 2012 #70

I never see creeksneakers2 Dec 2012 #75

I get that this is your usual comedy routine alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #19

You're thinking of someone else leftstreet Dec 2012 #25

The ten o'clock show is always the same as the eight o'clock show alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #32

It is due to the huge opposition to the inclusion of these cuts to SS by sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #26

Agreed alcibiades_mystery Dec 2012 #33

If chained CPI is really off the table who gets the credit? hay rick Dec 2012 #77

The people who screamed bloody murder get the credit. Those who tried to shut sabrina 1 Dec 2012 #80

Chained CPI means tax increases as well as Social Security benefit cuts. bornskeptic Dec 2012 #88

+1 n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #48

Dems know the Repubicans will accuse them of cutting Social Security during the next election Samantha Dec 2012 #24

I depend on SS, but am hardly indigent.` juajen Dec 2012 #71

Just because Prez Obama offered them chained CPI before doesn't mean he's offering it now magical thyme Dec 2012 #41

Obama took it off the table when Boehner rejected it before the Plan B vote DevonRex Dec 2012 #43

This whole thing can give you quite the headache union_maid Dec 2012 #9

Indeed.. I'm like.. Cha Dec 2012 #14

Only if you follow it here on HairOnFireUnderground. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #29

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #49

Best post of the fucking week. And that includes all mine. cliffordu Dec 2012 #59

Bingo ! nt jaysunb Dec 2012 #63

LOL!! Ziiiiinnnngggg!! nt. OldDem2012 Dec 2012 #69

Whew Doctor_J Dec 2012 #11

Ever consider the possibility of posturing as a negotiating tactic to create a public uproar? proverbialwisdom Dec 2012 #27

Not if one thinks that the President is CakeGrrl Dec 2012 #39

It must be tiring ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #52

I have been on his side for a long time, and just juajen Dec 2012 #68

Question ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #73

As one who has successfully negotiated in difficult situations, I would say it is pretty stupid. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #79

Having, also, successfully negotiated ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #81

I am a very small white woman. I look older, middle class if not disheveled. JDPriestly Dec 2012 #91

You mean ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #51

Obama has always sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #64

No he hasn't ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #72

Better situated members sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #82

We've gone through this ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #83

Raising income taxes sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #84

Capital Gains was on the table ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #85

More and more sulphurdunn Dec 2012 #86

Removing the money ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2012 #90

Obama should have put death panels in ObamaCare. JoePhilly Dec 2012 #30

Just to clarify democrattotheend Dec 2012 #15

^^yep. nashville_brook Dec 2012 #17

Exactly. It's a brief reprieve, nothing more. forestpath Dec 2012 #36

Good. Taverner Dec 2012 #18

some updates cal04 Dec 2012 #21

thanks, been looking for a link!!!! spanone Dec 2012 #22

Oh dear god. Hatchling Dec 2012 #23

That is exactly how some people will view it. The corporatists who are in control will merely plethoro Dec 2012 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author ann--- Dec 2012 #28

That is good news. I just hope it holds true. n/t RebelOne Dec 2012 #31

I'm so fucking confused leftstreet Dec 2012 #34

somehow i knew you would see it that way. spanone Dec 2012 #35

This am Obama supported chained CPI. Now GOPers opposing it leftstreet Dec 2012 #37

GOP Demands Social Security Cuts -- Then Buckles... spanone Dec 2012 #42

I wish democrattotheend Dec 2012 #47

and they will demand it for everything that comes along. you betcha. spanone Dec 2012 #57

I post Friday that this might happen. Will it help the Republicans as long as they plethoro Dec 2012 #53

Democrats and Republicans just switched sides. Now Dems can be blamed... madfloridian Dec 2012 #44

"because we can't win an argument that has Social Security for seniors versus taxes for the rich." hootinholler Dec 2012 #45

Whatever it takes. TDale313 Dec 2012 #56

There's an awful lot of wiggle room in those statements. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #60

No surprise bhikkhu Dec 2012 #38

Reid: "we�ll not agree to cut Social Security benefits as part of a small or short-term agreement.� Tom Rinaldo Dec 2012 #40

It seems like Obama and the Repukes are for cutting benefits (CPI) Doctor_J Dec 2012 #46

No, I don't think so. He said at the very beginning that SS did not contribute to the juajen Dec 2012 #74

No three dee chess. Just politics. cliffordu Dec 2012 #58

Damn well better be. SSI is spit in the ocean. These obstinate bastards are trying geckosfeet Dec 2012 #61

Obama wants it, GOP wants it, Pelosi isn't adverse to it.... NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #62

Bernie Sanders and other Dems are against it so I hope they prevail. Cleita Dec 2012 #65

I'm pretty sure there's a good reason congress saw fit to draft their own NorthCarolina Dec 2012 #66

i hope it is samsingh Dec 2012 #67

Good. I called my entire delegation, as well as incoming's, about it. Guess they got the message.nt silvershadow Dec 2012 #76

Corker's a clown; it's not for him to take off the table. nt Romulox Dec 2012 #87