Anyone scared that Obama will now push the Senate

[Jackpine Radical]

to accept the House bill with the CPI chain & MC age adjustment?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. No, I think we are a a crisis point.

[RomneyLies]

2. Nope, Reid won't call anybody back

The Republicans are pushing everybody over the cliff.

[Panasonic]

3. Nope.

I'm pretty confidient that the House will go into a civil war on the Republicans vs teabaggers.

And I'm breaking out the popcorn - and investing on popcorn stocks.

[spanone]

4. nope. i'm sure he knew this would happen.

[GoCubsGo]

5. No.

[PoliticAverse]

6. ...

[Scootaloo]

7. Unlike many DU'ers, I don't think Obama is an evil incompetent jackass, so, no

[leftstreet]

9. Where has anyone ever said he's 'evil?'

I haven't seen it

[CakeGrrl]

14. This comes pretty darn close as far as I'm concerned

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022024623

As do some of the other comments around this time period during the "Chained CPI" flareup.

You probably wouldn't count the numerous and recurring "lesser of two evils" slights when people pretty much minimize their vote for the President, but it's clear that many have never thought much of him and it intensifies around speculative media tidbits and rumours that he's going to do something dastardly to the poor and middle class.

[leftstreet]

19. 'lesser of two evils' is a phrase. It's not personal

I've never seen any member here claim Obama was personally less evil than Romney

Good grief

It's about policies

[CakeGrrl]

21. OK, what about the implications made in the thread to which I linked?

[leftstreet]

23. What implications?

[Scootaloo]

29. Well it's hardly my fault that you're illiterate to context, leftstreet

When about half of DU is painting a picture of Obama as a dastardly motherfucker who wants nothing else but to slash social security and medicare, for no conceivable reason at all, perhaps just 'cause he enjoys watching the needy suffer, yes, the clear implication is that he's evil.

[Flashmann]

8. Anyone scared that Obama will now push the Senate

No one here is......

[octoberlib]

10. Nope. nt

[tjwash]

11. It passed the Senate 89-8 for fucks sake

Jesus bald-headed Christ on a Vespa, does this faction of DU ever stop with the paranoid delusions?

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. Nope.

Obama is out to get them!!!

[rbixby]

12. I think there's going to be a break between teabaggers and republicans

Its going to be interesting

[Terra Alta]

13. No.

The Repukes are sending this country over the edge, and if we do go over the cliff it will be the fault of Repukes in the House.

[southern_belle]

15. Nope! eom

[CakeGrrl]

16. Only those who are convinced he's all hot to feed cat food to the elderly.

They're waiting for a betrayal by the POTUS at every turn. And if it doesn't happen THIS time, there's always the next.

[highplainsdem]

17. No.

[LisaLynne]

20. No. nt

[avebury]

22. No. The Democrats are better off letting the

Republicans in Congress end up with ownership for pushing the country over the cliff. President Obama and the Democrats can tell the country, "Look, we worked hard to pass a bill and the House Republicans couldn't put the welfare of the country ahead of their own ideology." The Democrats need to shove it right down the throats of the House Republicans and do everything they can to rile up the people. House Republicans need to be perceived to be totally toxic. The mid-term election ground game needs to be put into motion now.

[NYC Liberal]

24. No..

[knowledgeispwr]

25. No. n/t

[bluestateguy]

26. Cautiously optimistic that that will not be done

Truth be told, I don't think all Republicans particularly favor the idea either; the elderly are their voters, after all.

[Jennicut]

27. No

Repubs just did themselves in. Reid said he is done.

[cbrer]

28. NO- President Obama has the advantage of having been

Dealing with reality.

He has sat down at the table every time when requested.

He has shown a willingness to compromise to the point of the nervous nellies here having cows.

He has given honest budgetary input.

And all this is public record. With all the attendant video, and sound bites. The GOP is going to emerge from this debacle with even less camouflage on their true natures and positions.

Our new Senate will provide some additional thrust behind the "cliff" negotiations. We won't get everything we want, but it will be an incremental move towards progressive goals.