https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2013/01/10/how-obama-could-have-gotten-a-better-fiscal-cliff-deal-without-biden/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:23:37 -0400<![CDATA[According to the Senate aide, Reid believed that one of two things would happen if the negotiations were allowed to play out his way: Either McConnell, who obviously wanted a deal, would have come slinking back to him and basically accepted Reid’s last offer. “It would have been great if he called Biden and no one called him back,” says the leadership aide. “He would be so desperate for a deal that he took whatever he could get.” Or, less likely, McConnell would have thrown in the towel, allowing Reid to hold a vote on the Democratic fallback bill, which would have moved the income threshold back to $250,000 while extending unemployment insurance and a series of tax credits for the poor and middle class.]]>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 15:20:18 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2013/01/10/how-obama-could-have-gotten-a-better-fiscal-cliff-deal-without-biden-n99116