I don’t think he forced them. Folding faster than superman on laundry day is the Boehneer/McConnell crew’s default behavior.
He also didn't win by having the debt ceiling raised until after the election - because of the wrangling, based in large part on the Obozo's demand for tax increases, now the debt and deficit are imprinted on the nation's mind, and, even if it's not debated again, people know the parties' positions.
When McConnell unilaterally surrendered a month ago, it was all over, except the crying. DumBO had nothing to do with it.
When the liberals cannot manage to claim a victory and instead actually claim everyone was a winner, you can be sure they got their asses kicked and kicked very badly and they know it.
Repubs back down despite:
PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are more likely to oppose (46%) than favor (39%) the agreement President Obama and Congress reached to raise the federal debt ceiling. Majorities of Democrats and liberals favor the agreement, while conservatives and Republicans largely oppose it
Read more: http://www.gallup.com/poll/148802/Americans-Oppose-Favor-Debt-Ceiling-Agreement.aspx#ixzz1U4hYiid7
"The president stood firm and forced Republicans to back down, preventing them from using the prospect of default as leverage again in six months" by giving them everything else they wanted.
So he won, not one battle, but a skirmish...lost the war, but still claims victory?
Stunning hubris...
Well, at least the WH is taking ownership of the financial debacle that is about to descend on us.
He’s right to a large degree.
In my opinion, nothing is more revealing than the EGO IN CHIEF’s “don’t call my bluff, Eric” comment. In any other situation where he isn’t the president, the dipsh!t gets his skinny little ass kicked.
He is a contemptable little pr!ck that NEVER “brings the two sides together,” like the media claims he can magically do.
Pu**y boys ALL lie and obama is the queen of all of the PB’s.
LLS
Untrue.
What Obama wanted was a deal which wasn't broken up into 2 stages.
He's pretending otherwise by claiming that it goes past the election, but he'll still have to continue engaging in discussion of cuts for the 2nd stage during election season.