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Kinda looks like BO's learned from past mistakes.About time.:thumbs:
Posted by Ezra Klein on November 29, 2012 at 6:31 pm
<Republican aides are circulating their summary of the White House’s opening bid on the fiscal cliff. They’re circulating it because they believe it fleshes out Speaker John Boehner’scomplaint that “the White House has to get serious.” Above all, they’re circulating it because the president isn’t offering them anything in his opening bid.>
<We’re seeing two things here. One is that the negotiations aren’t going well. When one side begins leaking the other side’s proposals, that’s typically a bad sign. The other is that Republicans are frustrated at the new Obama they’re facing: The Obama who refuses to negotiate with himself.>
<If Republicans want to cut Medicare, let them propose the cuts. If they want to raise revenue through tax reform, let them identify the deductions. If they want deeper cuts in discretionary spending, let them settle on a number. And, above all, if they don’t like the White House’s preferred policies, let them propose their own.>
Obama to GOP: I’m done negotiating with myself
Posted by Ezra Klein on November 29, 2012 at 6:31 pm
<Republican aides are circulating their summary of the White House’s opening bid on the fiscal cliff. They’re circulating it because they believe it fleshes out Speaker John Boehner’scomplaint that “the White House has to get serious.” Above all, they’re circulating it because the president isn’t offering them anything in his opening bid.>
<We’re seeing two things here. One is that the negotiations aren’t going well. When one side begins leaking the other side’s proposals, that’s typically a bad sign. The other is that Republicans are frustrated at the new Obama they’re facing: The Obama who refuses to negotiate with himself.>
<If Republicans want to cut Medicare, let them propose the cuts. If they want to raise revenue through tax reform, let them identify the deductions. If they want deeper cuts in discretionary spending, let them settle on a number. And, above all, if they don’t like the White House’s preferred policies, let them propose their own.>
Obama to GOP: I’m done negotiating with myself