Kissed their ass for zero votes in the House.

We should start referring to them as the Grand Obstructionist Party.

It's not like Obama didn't give them the chance.

of the word bipartisanship when it comes to dealing with the Republicans.

Obama can tell them to go suck eggs next time.

It got good press, and people will no doubt be disgusted because they know President Obama reached across the aisle and got a slap in the face from these repugnant pieces of shit who hate America and her people.

Obama did what he said he'd do; he listened. He can say he made an effort but the pukes weren't willing to work with him.

We gave them cuts in family planning and deleted the much needed renovation of the DC mall. That's less choice for women and several hundred jobs for workers in DC. We bowed our heads and took it out. And they still herded themselves into a stinking huddle to vote lock step. They are having a party right now and giggling at our naivete.

Barack took his message straight to the middle east to show how much al Qaeda wants to mess things up. Now he needs to take his message to middle America to show how much al Republica wants to mess things up. But of course he could get straight coverage from Al Arabiya. Lets see how CNN or MSNBC does.

as if we didn't before.

The democrats to out useful items such as family planning, and for what? Zero republicans votes. I knew this was going to happen.Obama and congressional democrats should had saw this coming, and not conceding anything.

add a shitload of crap for the repukes and then they don't vote for it anyway.

Will Dems NEVER learn??

What he is doing is making them expend all their political capital on the stimulus package.

Then, when the future bills come around, like the healthcare reform, and the gigantic multi-trillion dollar federal budget, he can slap them around and they will have spent themselves on this thing.

The family planning stuff and DC Mall work were low-priority items (although I personally disagree with the family planning being discarded, but I have faith it'll show up somewhere else real soon), the throwaway stuff you put in precisely to throw away during negotiations.

I don't think a whole lot of people understand how this process works.

Obama set the Republicans up for this. It'll be fun to see the next move.

And it's not as if this little play let the Republicans look good, either. They come out of this looking like obstructionist ideologues at a time when people are sick of ideologues and want something done.

should really grow up. He had the votes. He made the jesture. They did exactly what he figured they would do and they will pay for it with the voters. He kissed no ass but they will be kissing his. A little restraint and patience please!

He exposed them.

alas.

past the headlines. alas.

some of us actually have an idea about the process and tactics.

that conform to preconceived notions. Having an "idea" about process isn't the same as knowing the facts. The fact is that Democrats did give up some stuff to placate the yahoos. We gave up some jobs and some important policy to try to get them on board. They just laughed.

Now, dear, Obama can make good with this. He can go public against the republican's recalcitrance. But it doesn't mean that master strategy is taking place. It means they will have to rethink their mistaken belief that the republicans will act in good faith. This was a lock step slap in the face. It was a snub. It was an opening salvo to four years of obstruction.

But, dear, go ahead and turn every thing that happens into a victory. With tactics like that, we'll never get out of Iraq, stimulate the economy, or accomplish universal healthcare.

Obama did compromise with them, though on not the most importat parts of the bill like tax relife for average Americans. This make the GOP look very partisan and rigid, ultimately I think the public will agree.

and walks away looking like a flower smelling good.

The Republicans end up looking like shit.

Barack Obama is a master at getting the public to side with him on these kinds of slight.

It's a win/win for Barack Obama and us.
The "No we Can't" Republicans end up looking like they are a No can do party, unless we are backing Bush!

And now the Senate will make more concessions ~ it's ridiculous.

And the idiots used it.

Obama knew all along the Republicans weren't going to vote for this. All the reaching out to the Republicans was to show the American people that he was willing to be bipartisan.

The Republicans are the ones who look like partisan fools, unwilling to work with the new President.

It was so obvious what Obama was doing, I'm actually surprised there are people here who couldn't see it.

at least to an economic stimulus bill. I think some are too caught up in that we made concessions and didn't get anything in return without perspective on what was lost. Ultimately the GOP is looks partisan and unwilling to compromise and that will give Obama leverage in in future. Things like the family planning provision simply come back in a more appropriate bill

So the last thing we need to do is stoop their level and say 'fuck 'em we're in majority' just like in war it's much easier to defend in the high ground.

It's the concessions that make the Republicans look so obstructionist. The other side compromised, and they still stomped their feet and shouted, "no". They look like asses, and their resistance will be even less effective next time around because of it.

Many people here don't know fuck all about politics except the "score" provided by the media on any given day. The same genius strategists were yelping that Obama could never win a general 3election back in February. Like I said, they know fuck all.

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=265292&mesg_id=265292

Throughout the entire campaign, primary and general, he insisted he was the one to get past politics as usual. America realizes that he only has control over his own actions, not over the other side.

I really do expect him to offer the extended hand to the Repukes time and time again. Every time they spit in it, it helps our party in the next election. Wouldn't it be interesting if the American people perceived this behavior as working better with our so-called enemies abroad than it worked with the GOP? We have to solidify the gains we made the last couple of elections, this is the way to do it.

His opponents would throw BS, but he would stay calm and focused, and eventually even many tools out there saw that his opponent could actually do little but fling poop and fear around.

I've always hated this "bipartisan" bullshit. Extend a hand to the Republicans and they bite it off...every single time! I can't believe Obama doesn't know this.

But the thing is, he DOES know--he was a senator after all. Their obstructionist tactics are old news to him. As things stand now, he can say truthfully that he was willing to meet the Republicans halfway, but it's now obvious they don't want to work with him. So from now on, the only side he has to consider is the Democratic majority, which will become even bigger in 2010.

Absolutely brilliant move on his part.

And showed them to be the cowards they truly are.

It's a very smart move, IMHO.

Long view.

"How's he gonna win without New York and California!!!" - Genius DU Strategists, March 2008

:rofl:

positive thang.

like they have been used to for 8 years...but like spoiled brats, they will learn, in time, they arent going to get their way.