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Re: Or was it a case of not reading posts?
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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
"he got welfare reform done?" are you serious? he might have tweaked it a bit but it was not something he pushed for, it was rammed right down his throat.
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If you insist, but that only strengthens the point I was making.
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when he stood up to the Rs was when they couldn't agree on a budget and Government started shutting down. He went on TV, blamed the Rs and they caved.
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OK. In this context, so what?
I suspect that Obama would win a similar fight now, but wasn't willing to do the damage that would have come if the government couldn't pay its bills. Maybe we'll find out yet.
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