So, even forgetting the ransom, he won some and we managed a tie on the rest (i.e. no change in the status quo). That’s hardly a tie overall. The line got moved left. He won.
With the huge majorities the Dims had still during the lame duck session, Obama saw many in his own party abandon him on the omnibus spending bill, the Dream Act, and he had to agree to allow all Bush tax rates to remain even for “the rich” to get any deal at all on unemployment benefits.
You still haven’t specified what was in that ransom. Not sure what you’re talking about.
The media has been spinning like crazy to make Obama look like a winner and you’re falling for it. A tie at best.