The Obama concession stand: Where the GOP gets plenty of free handouts
The President Negotiates With Himself
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL, NYT
We have seen this so many times in the past four years that I certainly hope President Obama is not falling for it again.
Take a problem, any problem-economic meltdown, debt ceiling, rising deficits, you name it-which Republicans and Democrats are supposed to resolve through negotiation. Mr. Obama says he is ready to talk, and makes an initial offer that includes concessions to right-wing demands. Then he offers more concessions.
Republicans also claim they're ready to talk, and maybe in private they offer compromises (like we're told John Boehner did over the debt ceiling in 2010). But in public they stand firm on their positions, stick to their rhetorical talking points and brush back whatever the president suggests as not enough.
Eventually they meet somewhere around the president's 20-yard line.
(More here.)
By ANDREW ROSENTHAL, NYT
We have seen this so many times in the past four years that I certainly hope President Obama is not falling for it again.
Take a problem, any problem-economic meltdown, debt ceiling, rising deficits, you name it-which Republicans and Democrats are supposed to resolve through negotiation. Mr. Obama says he is ready to talk, and makes an initial offer that includes concessions to right-wing demands. Then he offers more concessions.
Republicans also claim they're ready to talk, and maybe in private they offer compromises (like we're told John Boehner did over the debt ceiling in 2010). But in public they stand firm on their positions, stick to their rhetorical talking points and brush back whatever the president suggests as not enough.
Eventually they meet somewhere around the president's 20-yard line.
(More here.)
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