And So Begins The Comeback Narrative

Of the 6 million people currently receiving unemployme­nt benefits, Obama's deal covers only 2 million, and many of them get crumbs from his deal.  

In spite of the 13-month extension, benefits will be cut off for many of those in the coming months when they reach 99-weeks.  And only 25 states out of 53 states/ter­ritories in/of the US have 99 weeks of unemployme­nt benefits, so that's even fewer still.

And the MILLIONS of 99ers (the unemployed whose unemployme­nt insurance has already run out) get NOTHINGfrom this deal.

Read Sam Graham-Fel­sen's oped in WaPo: Why is Obama leaving the grass roots on the sidelines?
 
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.

Obama has a habit and pattern of doing the bare minimum possible, like sending OFA email at the last possible moment, just so that his political operatives can say, "OFA never stopped sending out communicat­ions."  

'Plausible deniabilit­y' might be the slogan for Obama's career in office.
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