re: #73 Obdicut

Obama pleaded, pleaded with congress to pass tax hikes on the richest percentile. Congress didn’t. When he did provide that leadership, congress just punted.

He should have vetoed and refused to pass a budget that didn’t deal with the deficit. Now the deficit is a blunt instument used to bludgeon him over and over, and it needn’t be. it should have been the other way around.

Obama’s constant striving toward compromise and bipartisanship is ridiculous. He showed up at a knife fight, and he didn’t bring a gun. He didn’t even bring a knife. He isn’t fighting. When the opposition proposes something insane, you don’t give them half the insanity and call it compromise. You dig your heels in and be the adult in the room. You refuse to be a party to bankrupting the country.