Washington Post: The president extends an olive branch to GOP

[Better Believe It]

The president extends an olive branch to GOP
By Scott Wilson
Washington Post Staff Writer
December 7, 2010

Although his liberal supporters are furious about the decision, President Obama's willingness to extend all of the George W. Bush-era tax cuts is part of what White House officials say is a deliberate strategy: to demonstrate his ability to compromise with Republicans and portray the president as the last reasonable man in a sharply partisan Washington.

Administration officials now say that restoring the president's image as a post-partisan leader is more important for the next two years of his term and for his reelection effort.

That is likely to require even more compromise with Republicans in the coming months, forgoing a class-tinged debate that much of his party's base is itching to have.

Adam Green, co-founder of the liberal Progressive Change Campaign Committee, said that "ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy is not an issue that pits the party's base against independent voters," citing poll numbers showing that both groups oppose their continuation.

"We've seen so much political malpractice and negotiating incompetence from this White House," Green said. "They consistently cede ground they do not need to cede, and give up on fights they wouldn't lose."



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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/06/AR2010120607353.html

[Autumn]

1. "The president extends an olive branch to GOP"

and the GOP slashes and burns down the fucking olive tree orchard. That is what they fucking do, someone need to get a clue.

[Cosmocat]

4. No kidding ...

and the olive branch will immediately be shoved up his rectum, literally ...

They will BATTER him over the continued massive deficit this ensures ...

[rurallib]

2. Olive branch? The whole fucking tree and the farm it's on

is more like it.
We get the shanty on the fence line.

[Tansy_Gold]

6. you took the words right outta my fingertips. n/t

[Skittles]

3. IDIOTS

[okieinpain]

5. well see he's thinking like a dem does about the A-A vote

where else do you have to go. you're stuck with him, all he needs to do is pull in some indies and it will be all good. well at least that's what i think.

[somone]

7. Okay, give him the membership card already

[Scurrilous]

8. What a Judas.

BTW...you ROCK!

[Better Believe It]

9. Senator McConnell thanks President Obama for "working with Republicans on a bipartisan plan ...."

Republicans control neither the House nor the Senate — and certainly not the White House. But they largely dictated the terms of Obama's proposed tax-cut compromise, which disgruntled House and Senate Democrats will discuss in separate closed meetings Tuesday that are likely to be rowdy.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., thanked Obama for "working with Republicans on a bipartisan plan to prevent a tax hike on any American and in creating incentives for economic growth."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101207/ap_on_bi_ge/us_tax_cuts

[ibegurpard]

10. A branch?? He's planting the fucking TREE in their backyard!

[ellie]

11. Just wait until the repuke-controlled House

impeaches him! Bipartisanship my ass.

[catbyte]

12. Just bend over at get it over with already.

I'm exhausted from defending this man and I just can't do it any more. I don't care about the crummy little unemployment extension. It will soon run out and then where will they be? I don't men to sound callous--actually, I'm offended that the GOP managed to slip that into an argument on tax cuts. It's an abomination and shouldn't have been allowed. Someone somewhere mentioned a big stimulus was attached to this capitulation..er..I mean compromise. What's to stop the GOP from not releasing funds for it like they're threatening to do with health care? I don't know, maybe I'm all wet, but the President just "compromised" the support right out of me.

Diane
Anishnabe in MI

:sob: :banghead: :rant: