re: #19 jc717

I actually blame Obama for this. He’s shown time and time again that he’ll blink when pressed. GOP reps are playing hardball and think that he’ll blink again, so why not try to extract concessions from him for something that should be a no brainier.

How is this situation any different than them not wanting to extend unemployment benefits unless all tax cuts were extended?

That’s like blaming people taking hostages on the fact that the police have shown they’ll exchange them for Pizza….