Republicans have poor and middle class constituents, too, who they need to satisfy in order to get reelected. Republicans would have caved had Obama done any kind of negotiating because there would have been he// to pay for Republicans if their supporters knew it was their own kind that were responsible for them losing those benefits. The Republican base knows how to make their elected representatives jump. Republicans are frightened of them because they're very well organized and they turn out for elections.
By the way, anyone who doesn't know about OFA and how when Obama got into the White House he deactivated it, sidelining the support machinery (13 million activists) that got him into office with the greatest number of votes any candidate has ever gotten in the history of the nation, read in today's WaPo an op-ed by Obama's chief blogger. At the same time Obama deactivated OFA, Obama demanded all progressive outside groups cease their efforts to pass Democratic legislation. He wanted 100 percent control of the message through the White House.
And then Obama did nothing but cave and capitulate. He didn't pressure any Blue Dogs or Republicans on healthcare reform, not on a public option, on nothing.
And, Obama dithered in the two years leading up to the 2010 midterm elections while the GOP wiped out the singlemost effective Democratic voter registration group - Democratic Outside Groups, Voter Reg Drives Fall Flat.
This is an absolutely wretched deal, but standard for Obama. He's got a long record of negotiating lousy deals on ordinary citizens' behalf. If Obama was in private practice & 'Lawyer Obama' had negotiated a deal like this for a client, he'd be sued, successfully, for malpractice.
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