Morning Joe -- Obama is a weak negotiator

[TexasTowelie]

He had to call in Biden for the rescue. Guests are Andrea Mitchell, Newt Gingrich and Michael Steele.

No links, I'm just disgusted by the rewrite of history.

[Drunken Irishman]

1. That's Al Hunt...but he's a blowhard too.

What's the point of having a vice-president if you don't use him? Why should Obama feel comfortable negotiating with these fools? They've had their knives in his back from day one. Fuck 'em all ... especially that nasty Andrea Mitchell.

[putitinD]

2. why does anyone even watch MJ? its the same thing everyday

[Drunken Irishman]

3. Because sometimes his temper tantrums are funny as fuck.

I love when he gets so worked up and has to mention how he won his election with 60% of the vote and it proved to be the biggest upset in American political history!

[malaise]

4. Turned them off

[liberal N proud]

5. That show is garbage in - garbage out

[Dawgs]

6. Is that news? Of course he is. n/t

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. The conservatives use the narrative to peel off the useful you-know-whats on our side

What else are they going to say?

I love how this very narrative - with the inclusion of Biden - implies that the deal Obama ultimately got was a win (otherwise it wouldn't make sense to talk about Biden coming in). So the deal was a win, but Obama's a weak negotiator? Um, what?

Yesterday Boehner pledged never to do one-on-one negotiations with Obama again. If he was so weak, shouldn't Boenher be crowing and planning for the next one-on-one?

The whole narrative is a concocted conservative lie, and it's only a shame that so many of our allies have fallen for it hook, line, and sinker. Still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest la la la la la la la.... That the right constantly find novel ways to manipulate people on the left is not particularly surprising.

[Puzzledtraveller]

8. I don't think Pres Obama likes drama and that's what all this is and

has been from the get go. I totally understand that and it's why he does so much one on one and behind closed doors. I bet behind those doors he's laying it down but he's not comfortable making a parade of it and I like him for that.