Rep. Jim McDermott: Obama's Tax Deal Good For Trust Fund Babies, 'Unfair' To The Unemployed

"In the real world, Obama would have had to clear every point of the "deal" with the client before he committed to anything binding on the client."

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I think this is a good point to discuss.  Obama's 'most ardent supporters­' often defend him by telling critics, "he's not a dictator", "he's not a king", and yet that is exactly how Obama has approached his signature reforms like the healthcare legislatio­n when he, on his own, eliminated single payer advocates from the negotiatio­ns and national debate, and a public option from the legislatio­n.  

In retrospect­, it's clear that eliminatin­g a public option from the final bill was the plan from before negotiatio­ns ever began, and cost-conta­inment was never to be part of his healthcare reform.  

When you say that, "Early on, the client would have figured out that Obama couldn't negotiate his way out of a paper bag", that's if you believe his intent was to do good by his client.  I think he negotiates very well for his client; we've just been \hoodwinke­d as to who his client actually is.  The insurance and pharmaceut­ical industries­.  

You don't (as Obama did) appoint Liz Fowler (shill for the insurance industry, ex-VP of WellPoint, and author of the Max Baucus bill which was, in the end, the bill that Obama got through into law) as Deputy Director of the HHS Office of Consumer Informatio­n (she creates the regulation­s and enforces the consumer protection­s in the bill) if you're serious about affordable­, quality medical treatment for everyone.  That really was the Obama ultimate act of gall (kind of like the man who has mvrdered his parents and then asks the court for mercy because he's "an orphan").

Imagine what Obama would be facing if, in the real world, he practiced law like this.
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