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JCMach1

(27,575 posts) Thu Dec 20, 2012, 04:48 AM Dec 2012

Obama is Posturing on the Cliff With His SocSec cut Proposal

It seems that Boehner is not going to budge from his Plan B. Essentially it is so much posturing so that Obama appears as the reasonable one in the debate.

We are quickly heading for the cliff that isn't a cliff now.

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Obama is Posturing on the Cliff With His SocSec cut Proposal (Original Post) JCMach1 Dec 2012 OP

Lets hope that is all it is... ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #1

Given this story, it seems like Boehner's final position before Jan. 1 JCMach1 Dec 2012 #2

Bargaining Social Security cuts as a decoy is NOT reasonable discourse. Fearless Dec 2012 #3

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

1. Lets hope that is all it is...

Reply to JCMach1 (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 05:12 AM

Dec 2012

JCMach1

(27,575 posts)

2. Given this story, it seems like Boehner's final position before Jan. 1

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 05:19 AM

Dec 2012

http://tv.msnbc.com/2012/12/19/rather-than-lose-face-grover-norquist-gives-in-on-boehners-plan-b/

From the news conference yesterday, it seemed that Obama was rejecting THIS... IF it is the Republican's final position.

Fearless

(18,421 posts)

3. Bargaining Social Security cuts as a decoy is NOT reasonable discourse.

Reply to JCMach1 (Original post)

Thu Dec 20, 2012, 05:24 AM

Dec 2012

The American public will NOT see such an act as posturing. They'll see it as being damned either with Republicans or Democrats.

Seriously when are Democrats going to stand up for Democratic ideals again? Do they expect Republicans to do it for them??

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