It’s not just Republicans who are upset with the policies of President Barack Obama. His liberal base is angry too, viewing his talk of compromise with the newly resurgent GOP as an abandonment of his liberal values, The Hill reports.
Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) and an outspoken critic of the White House, said liberal anger has less to do with fears of a Clintonian move to the middle by Obama and more with a misreading of the election results by the administration.
“It’s less ‘Oh no, they’re triangulating,’ and more ‘Boy, their political instincts are really stupid,’ ” said Green, who along with other liberals has blasted the White House for suggesting it would compromise with Republicans on expiring tax cuts.
The White House “fundamentally” doesn’t get that “the only way to get Republicans to deal in good faith is to fight them, crush them and teach a lesson that if Republicans are on the wrong side of an issue there will be consequences ... so it makes sense to negotiate,” Green said.
“Right now, every time Republicans are on the opposite side of an issue from the public, it’s the Democrats who cave and talk about ‘compromise.’ It’s ridiculous.”
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2 comments:
where was this anger when we told those dummies we didnt want their healthcare, cap n trade, and everything else they rammed down our throats?
10:31, you guys keep repeating this idiot "ram down throat" rant. You might not like those policies but atleast they were the policies that swept Obama and Dems into power in 2008. Now when the public begins to sour on Reps. (because the pendulum always swings), are you going to swear they forced modifications to social security and medicare as well as huge deficits from tax cuts to the rich down your throat?
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