Reply #2: I just can't identify the smell

[zipplewrath]

3 possible "smells" come to mind.

1) The authors support was needed on something, and he needed this bill to go through to get something he needed. So the "fix was in" from the start with the knowledge that Obama would stop the whole mess.

2) They thought it could slip through unnoticed, once people found out, they called upon Obama to save them from their own doing. He certainly wasn't going to take the fall.

3) It was some kind of "trojan horse". There was something in the bill, or something about the bill that appealed to alot of people, and the underlying subtext was missed because it looked so good. Once someone started to pay attention, they realized their mistake. They call up the president and say "don't sign it, we screwed up".