And So Begins The Comeback Narrative

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.

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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