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In reply to the discussion: So now the talking point is that Obama destroyed chained CPI with his masterful brinksmanship. [View all]TekGryphon
(430 posts)... is that if Obama actually did want Chained CPI he would have shut his mouth, left it out of his budget, and let the Republicans slip it in during backroom negotiations.
You guys act like Obama putting it into his completely symbolic and heavily publicized budget, proclaiming it a "compromise demanded by John Boehner", and letting slip his dogs of war (Paul Krugman, Bernie Sanders, etc) - was some 4th dimensional chess strategy.
It wasn't 4th dimensional chess. It was tic-tac-toe and it worked brilliantly. I'm sorry you guys got left in the dust of current events while the rest of us were celebrating.
Personally, I popped my champagne the moment the budget came out. The death of Chained CPI was as inevitable at that stage as it was predictable.