Hillary should forget about reviving the DLC playbook- the RW will *never* accept her

[AgingAmerican]

35. GOP Lucy kept pulling away the football

He tried to play footsies and ring around the rosie with them. He handed them almost everything they wanted. He gave them things they weren't even asking for. He fell for their tricks. The sequester being one that stands out. The 'unthinkable' things in that deal were the stuff of GOP wet dreams.

Eventually he abandoned his 'Post Partisan' fantasies for realism. Not before much damage done. It was obvious that the GOP would not change, that they were worse than ever, and Obama should have seen that. While it was going on, it was likened to Stockholm Syndrome, wherein a hostage begins to identify with his captors. You can say, 'he didn't have the votes' and other cliches, but in reality he naively handed them the farm for free.

To quote John Boehner, "He gave me 95% of what I wanted."

A basic fact of modern American politics is that the only way to a realistic agenda in Washington is through partisan dominance. This is one thing that Bill Clinton knew very well, and used to great advantage during his presidency. Hopefully the next Democratic president figures this out BEFORE taking office.