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Re: Or was it a case of not reading posts?
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Originally Posted by sgtclub
No, I haven't. Please show me his plan. Not reports of what his plan was. Not reports on what he offered to the GOP. Show me his plan.
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For someone who was so jaded about seeing the debt-ceiling negotiations as akin to other negotiations, you don't seem to get why it might be counter-productive to negotiate in public.
Do you really think that if Obama had made his proposals to Boehner public, it would have made a deal more likely? Of course not. Republicans would have lined up to piss on it, and then Boehner would have had to ask for more. Leadership doesn't entail negotiating against yourself.
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