Is it normal for a President to cut a deal with the opposition

rucky

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Thu Dec-09-10 04:48 PM
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Is it normal for a President to cut a deal with the opposition

without involving the majority party that said president happens to be a member of?

Is there a precedent for this?

If I were Pelosi, I'd be pissed, too.

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Imajika

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Thu Dec-09-10 04:52 PM
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1. Pretty sure Bush Sr. cut a deal to raise taxes this way...

Which made his "read my lips pledge" kind of laughable.

Republicans were in a minority in both Houses then, but I do believe the Republican congresscritters were furious.

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FBaggins

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Thu Dec-09-10 04:54 PM
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2. No... but it also isn't normal for a party to fail to follow their President's lead.

And here we thought it would be the republican party that splinters after the election.

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KT2000

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Thu Dec-09-10 05:16 PM
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3. Except -

when Carter was president.

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phleshdef

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Thu Dec-09-10 05:19 PM
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4. Thats basically how Bill Clinton got reelected.

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WhiteTara

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Thu Dec-09-10 05:26 PM
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5. No. Not at all. In fact, I'm really confused

by this. If Obama is a such a constitutional scholar, then he should know that CONGRESS makes laws, his ADMINISTRATION carries out the laws. I mean that is basic stuff.

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TwilightGardener

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Thu Dec-09-10 05:27 PM
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6. Um...seriously, I think he knows how it works. I really do.

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