House Democrats still whining about Obama
House Democrats in particular feel betrayed. From their perspective, they took extraordinarily tough votes in 2009 and 2010 to advance the new president’s sweeping agenda and suffered accordingly in the election. Then he immediately turned around and did business with Republicans before those defeated in November had even vacated their Washington apartments…
Adding insult to injury, some Congressional Democrats suggest, the White House was not completely upfront with them about how far along negotiations were with the Republicans last Monday in the hours before the deal was announced. Democrats said they had been under the impression that the parameters were not firmly set and that they could still influence the outcome. Yet within a few hours, Mr. Obama appeared in public to lay out the framework of a done deal.
Rank-and-file Democrats now believe a set of ultimately irrelevant negotiations was taking place with a bipartisan cast of House members and senators while more important talks were going on between the White House and Senate Republicans.
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need a binky?
cmsinaz on December 13, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Oh, dear. What a shame. Never mind!
OldEnglish on December 13, 2010 at 8:29 AM
Bukkaki… I mean, Kabuki.
The Mega Independent on December 13, 2010 at 8:35 AM
You almost owed me a laptop for that one, and a bag of Eight-O’-Clock Coffee
Sekhmet on December 13, 2010 at 8:37 AM
I guess the foot’s on the other hand now, isn’t it,
KramerDemocrats?Kafir on December 13, 2010 at 8:38 AM
It is actually extraordinary that he went off and made a deal with the other side and didn’t consult his own party. The first they heard of it was the press conference.
Amazing stuff. How did he think they’d react?
S. Weasel on December 13, 2010 at 8:38 AM
House democrats don’t like the deal? Then negotiate your own deal and send it back to the Senate. Don’t like the deal? Vote your conscience; it’s why you are in Washington, in Congress, to use your own best judgment to represent ‘the people’. It’s why we are a Representative Republic.
So do your job, vote. We the people, have a vote of our own.
Skandia Recluse on December 13, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Party of No.
Good Lt on December 13, 2010 at 8:41 AM
Republicans compromise=bipartisan
Democrats compromise=betrayal
Quit your balling you cry babies.
loudmouth883 on December 13, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Someone call whine-1-1 and maybe the wahmbulance will come to wipe the tears of betrayal away from the eyes of these jackals.
Key West Reader on December 13, 2010 at 8:49 AM
I guess they need to wrap themselves up in a warm blanket of ObamaCare and remember the good times.
tomg51 on December 13, 2010 at 9:06 AM
How quickly a few months will change the meaning of things.
Not more than 6 months ago, the mantra of “the party of no” was used to deride the Republican party. No the Democrats will use their own “party of no” as a rallying cry against what they see as unfair government.
Strange times we live in. Even stranger still that some Democrats think the public has forgotten 2 years of “party of no” being shoved down their throat as they held a super-majority in the House and a filibuster proof Senate in the first year.
ButterflyDragon on December 13, 2010 at 9:24 AM
But you did a mighty good job of screwing up the country so take pride in that.
Herb on December 13, 2010 at 9:29 AM
Oh, boo hoo hoo! Obama lied about negotiations. However, the donk whiners lied to us about negotiations on obamacare.
Blake on December 13, 2010 at 9:46 AM
Is this a teachable moment? Perhaps representing your constituents rather than your party would have been better? It is quite likely a majority of your constituents did not agree with your “extraordinarily tough votes”.
roy_batty on December 13, 2010 at 10:24 AM