DeFazio: Obama says failure on tax deal would mean ‘end of his presidency’ [View All]

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Mods, there is another thread about this but the headline (which the original OP was forced to use because of LBN rules) is totally misleading. This is a different article, same subject, accurate headline.

From RawStory:

A Democratic lawmaker said President Barack Obama is warning members of his party that failure on the tax deal would doom his presidency, igniting plenty of chatter while earning a staunch rebuke from the White House.

Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) said Wednesday on CNN the president is furiously making phone calls to whip up support for the tax cut compromise struck he struck with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell.

"The White House is putting on tremendous pressure, making phone calls. The president is making phone calls saying this is the end of his presidency if he doesn't get this bad deal," DeFazio told Eliot Spitzer on "Parker/Spitzer."

The White House forcefully denied DeFazio's charge.

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Regardless, it's an argument Obama is said to have used during the health care debate, after months of wrangling led to a last-ditch attempt by the White House to pick off just enough recalcitrant Democrats to squeeze the reform legislation through.

The FULL intewview on Parker/Spitzer can be viewed here on the DU Video forum.

DeFazio does an excellent job explaining how Obama's presidency is in much deeper shit if he passes this trainwreck than if they wait till the new year to do it and how incredibly dangerous this is to Social Security. DeFazio nails it.

PB