Look at what JohnBoehner said just a few weeks before the deal:
'US HouseRepublicanLeader JohnBoehner said he would vote for middle-class tax cuts sought by the Democratic ObamaAdministration even if it means eliminating reductions for wealthier Americans'.
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 the dev!l 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 cave when Democrats hold their feet to the fire. [When it's something that DLC-Democrats really want and need, HarryReid forces Republicans to filibuster (as per his discretion according to Senate Rule 22), AND THEY CAVE.]
Look at what JohnBoehner said just a few weeks before the deal:
'U.S. House Republican Leader John Boehner said he would vote for middle-class tax cuts sought by the Democratic Obama administration even if it means eliminating reductions for wealthier Americans'.
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 the dev!l 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.
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