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- Title: Tilting at Windmills (Barack Obama; Chuck Todd; Republicans)
- Author : Washington Monthly
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Reference,Books,Politics & Current Events,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 66 KB
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The hand he was dealt Liberals' anger at Obama during the default debate was based on the fact that they actually seemed to think he had the power to do what they wanted him to do. In fact, he did not. The only cards he held were the power of the veto and the Senate Democrats' ability to reject any Republican legislative proposal. They were no better than a pair of deuces in the poker game he had to play. All he really had was bluff--because to avoid default he had to not merely defeat or veto a bill, but rather get one passed by both houses. To do that, he had to win the support of at least eight to ten Republicans in the Senate and thirty to forty in the House. The votes were never there for a bill liberals would like. The moderate Republicans needed to provide those votes simply do not exist. They are, alas, an extinct species.
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