White House:We only proposed cuts to SS because the GOP asked us to WTF!!!!

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33. To complicate things, Democrats favor 'compromise' (in general) more than republicans

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http://www.people-press.org/2013/01/17/section-2-views-of-congress-and-the-parties/

The most resistant to compromise were conservative republicans and those who agree with the tea party. The most open to compromise were liberal Democrats and 'lean Democratic' independents.

Liberal Democrats were also more open to compromise than conservative Democrats which seems strange on the face of it. You would think that conservative Democrats would be more willing to compromise. In terms of policy beliefs they are closer to their 'conservative' buddies in the republican party.

Liberal Democrats must be more open to compromise for reasons other than policy positions since they are farther from republican policy choices than anyone else. Their willingness to compromise must be due to the fact that they are more open and tolerant of opposing views which is what you might expect from a group that values diversity and does not expect everyone to agree with them.

I suspect that Obama knows that Democrats, particularly liberal ones, tend to favor compromise. That certainly does not mean that all liberal Democrats do, but most. He probably believes that the left will not hold it against him since the only way CPI will happen is if republicans make such huge concessions that they essentially call his bluff.