Posted on 11/12/2010 10:46:51 AM PST by Qbert
On the heels of the Democratic Party's huge losses in last week's midterm elections, liberal activists have begun planning to push President Obama on a series of issues, demanding that he not cede any ground to Republicans.
Liberal groups have blasted Obama at times over the past two years as not being sufficiently dedicated to their positions - history that factored into their criticism of the White House on Thursday for signaling that it will compromise with the GOP on the issue of extending tax cuts that are scheduled to expire this year.
Others said they would attack Obama if he embraced any proposal to reduce Social Security benefits, as the leaders of a bipartisan panel proposed this week to cut the federal deficit.
And when Obama and Congress return to Washington next week, gay rights activists will call for the president to take a stand against "don't ask, don't tell," the policy that bars openly gay people from serving in the military. A repeal of the ban passed this year in the House but has stalled in the Senate.
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In his post-election remarks, the president has repeatedly expressed worries about "gridlock" in Washington. He has signaled that he wants to find big issues on which to compromise, with an eye toward his reelection campaign in 2012.
But that signal has not gone over well with the liberal base. Nor did comments Wednesday by top Obama adviser David Axelrod, who told the Huffington Post that "we have to deal with the world as we find it." Liberals viewed the remarks as suggesting that the White House would accept a temporary extension of tax cuts for family income above $250,000. (The White House played down the remarks and said no formal decision has been made.)
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Wow, I didn’t see THAT coming.
That’s going to be tough. Obama is naturally very conciliatory and non-partisan.
America demands Hussein's Unconditional Surrender.
Great plan! If they can just hold out long enough, the rest of us idiots will wise up and see that they were right all a long. /sarc
“liberal activists have begun planning to push President Obama on a series of issues, demanding that he not cede any ground to Republicans.”.....
Great news!.....Exactly what I want!...Those whack left liberal activists out front leading the charge over the cliff!....constantly reminding Americans why they must vote republican!
Alternate headline title: “Liberals demand gridlock”
Oh? Who’s the “Party of No” (tm) now?
I agree 100%. I want the president to stand fast on his decisions and own them. Anytime the republicans “work” with him that gives him an out, he doesn’t have to own it.
We will not be able to continue living with these overgrown children.
Excellent! Liberal illness lowers IQs, or maybe it requires a defective IQ to get liberal illness. Whatever, the best hopes of conservatives will be realized if Obamao chooses to ignore the lessons taught by Clinton. His ego is has the rest of him so flipped over to the left side that he may not be able to compromise.
Cue up “Dancing Fool.”
When we said “Compromise”, we weren’t referring to ourselves.
Now pay your taxes, we need raises. :)
Yeah, no one sees this coming.
Tax cuts expire. For 2 years we hear nothing except how Republicans raised taxes on the middleclass.
I’m getting too old for this crap.
I hope that is their attitude. If it is we will trounce them even worse in 2012 than we did last week!
In Congress Obama has lost a large number of moderate members. What remains is even more left wing. And isn’t it amazing, their members are older, estalblishment types. The GOP has a number of younger and exciting members (kind of a like a farm team for the big leagues). Another election cycle in 2012 like we had this year and it will be a long time before the rats can roll that momentum back.
Liberals are not known for a penchant to sacrifice..
They want YOU to sacrifice for them...
CUT OFF The MONEY.. and there will less for lobbists to lobby for..
LESS for laywers to lawyer for..
CUT off the money..
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