Obama destroyed Chained CPI and I don't understand why we're not celebrating

[Sheepshank]

90. Holding Obama's feet to the fire is exactly what everyone was supposed to do.

This is what we all should be doing with legislation that sucks. I get sick and tired of the martyrs that claim they are being told to sit down and shut up. Nothing is further from the truth. But I also recognize there is very little being offered from so many that is in the form of changing policy, more like destructive negativism.

But as you indicated, the voice of the people were heard and armed Obama with the exact ammunition he needed to put this all back on the shoulders of the republicans. Dems won't vote for it, and the end run is that the republicans can never vote for this type of legislation. Not now, not when they know the outrage it will cause.

How hard is it to figure out negotiation tactics and painting the opponent into a corner? So many here seem to think that negotiations are linear in thinking and mock the idea multi level chess...but the reality in politics is this is exactly how it all goes down. For those that don't think Mitch McConnell isn't a sly fox explicitly because he also knows how to play the multi dimensional games, then they are fooling themselves.

Obama offers the republicans something they want, CCPI. They salivate at the idea that they will not have to be the ones to pull the plug on Grandma and can lay the blame on the Dems. The republicans offer up items that are near and dear to them....but unfortunately for them, public outrage provides the pressure to remove CCPI. The other items the republicans have put on the table are not receiving the same level of outrage and public attention...ooops those are still up for negotiation and discussion.