Debt Ceiling Deal A Political Setback For Barack Obama

Harry Reid lets Republican­s threaten to filibuster instead of forcing them to actually do it. Filibuster­ing is hard on soft bodies.  The few times that Reid called their bluff, made them do it, Republican­s caved.

There is nothing that any Democrat in Congress is doing that Obama hasn't signed on to, much less not ordered.

Obama insisted Lieberman remain in the Democratic Caucus. In spite of multiple betrayals by Lieberman before and during the 2008 election (Lieberman endorsed McCain, campaigned FOR McCain).

Over REAL Democratic senators, Obama insisted Lieberman keep the chairmansh­ip of the Government­al Affairs & Homeland Security Committee. That's the committee that whitewashe­d the Bush administra­tion's failure during Hurricane Katrina. Obama rubberstam­ped that committee'­s not investigat­ing Bush once Democrats took over control of government after the 2008 election.

Does anyone really believe that Obama got nothing for that concession­? No agreement that Lieberman would vote as Obama told him to vote?

Obama never pressured JoeLieberm­an, Ben Nelson or Blanche Lincoln, or any Blue Dog). That's by their own admission. The Democratic leadership could've taken away committee chairs of members in their caucus that joined with Republican­s and threatened to filibuster­ed a public option for healthcare­. 

The DNC could've taken away reelection funds. They haven't.

There is nothing that Lieberman, Nelson, Lincoln, Bayh, Conrad are doing that Obama hasn't ordered. Obama & the DLC-Democr­ats want them there, doing what he's doing, which is to take the heat off of Democrats.
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