Obama Compromise

New Book Links Obama's Unresolved Rage At Parents To Inability To Fight GOP

HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama might actually learn how to fight back against Republicans if he faced the repressed anger he feels toward his pa...

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Chutzpah! Obama's Black Caucus Speech

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 11.26.2011

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If the President wants anyone to follow him, he had better start leading -- something he has consistently failed to do since his inauguration.

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Obama's Big Chance ... and his Big Choice

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 11.22.2011

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The president can win the bipartisan support of the electorate. Or he can win the support of insiders from both parties, backed by billionaires and corporate think-tanks. But he can't do both.

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Mr. Obama, Get Your Dick (Cheney) On

Mark Morford | Posted 11.14.2011

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Let me just say it outright: I still love Obama.

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Responding to President Obama on the Art of Compromise

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 09.24.2011

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Obama's "compromise" principle follows a consistent pattern. His opening bid is to move more than halfway in the direction of Republican principles.

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On the Compromiser-in-Chief and Elizabeth Drew's Article

Ari Melber | Posted 09.23.2011

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By fully caving on this stand-off, where the White House is backed by the general public and large swaths of the GOP, Obama would not only fail to impress independent voters, he'd ensure a drubbing on a series of future fights.

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Why Progressives Keep On Losing and the Right Keeps On Winning

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 06.09.2011

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Once again the unpopular views of a minority have been imposed on the majority. Why does the Tea Party seem to be so much more effective than the left as a movement?

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Why Democrats Compromise When Republicans Won't

Spencer Critchley | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the short term, like it or not, much Democratic compromise is an unavoidable consequence of democracy: current politics dictate it. But going forward, Democrats can change the politics by campaigning more effectively.

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Tax Bill: Now It's The Tea Party's Turn

HuffingtonPost.com | Howard Fineman | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON - Not to be outdone by their liberal counterparts, conservatives are working themselves into a state of dismay over what they disparagingly...

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The Nature of Compromise in the Parallel Universe of White House Political Leadership

Clarence B. Jones | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's compromise on the current tax deal must be evaluated against several other previously important issues connected to the exercise or lack of exercise of his presidential leadership.

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URGENT: Last Chance to Get a Better Tax Cut Deal

Rep. Jay Inslee | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is our best chance to get a better deal for the middle class, the economy, and clean energy since President Obama made this "compromise" with the Republicans -- and we need to jump on it right now.

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Don't Sell Your Obama Stock Now

David Meadvin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Respectfully, the decision by liberal leaders to abandon President Obama at this moment reminds me of an investor who panics and sells all his shares in a blue-chip company because of one bad quarter.

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Republicans Play Chicken with the Chicken Soup

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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So you're walking down the street, another cold December morning, and you're on your way to work, and you've seen this view a thousand times before a...

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Obama to Seek Compromise with GOP on Birthplace Claims

Stephen Ducat | Posted 05.25.2011

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This latest move to meet the Republicans half way comes within days of the President finally relenting on demands by GOP leaders that he issue an executive order privatizing the Social Security Administration.

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When Compromise Is a Fool's Paradise

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.25.2011

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All politicians and the president should stop talking about compromise as if it's something ideal in all cases. Going into any negotiation intending to meet halfway is foolish in a host of contexts.

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Obama's Presidency Can't Be "Transformative" -- He's a Democrat

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.25.2011

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Democrats simply don't share the conservatives' ideological evangelicalism. We doubt our own political prescriptions and are not willing to stand by them despite opposition.

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The Compromise President: Resting A Legacy On Weak Bridges

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's tendency to make concessions in the name of bipartisanship appears to be encouraging him to water down reforms to the point where they may no longer work.

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Environmentalists Turn On Obama As Compromiser

New York Times | LESLIE KAUFMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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For environmental activists like Jessica Miller, 31, the passage of a major climate bill by the House last month should have been cause for euphoria. ...

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Controversy, Controversy

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama is a compromiser, a political figure committed to building bridges, even to those who will give him heartburn as well as their support.

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