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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
It's a game of good cop, bad cop. It has to be. This deal gives the Republicans everything they wanted, and the Democrats get nothing. Why don't the Democrats ever use their leverage? They have strong poll numbers supporting revenue increases and polling showing the blame for a debt ceiling crisis would be put on the Republicans, yet they showed almost no push. Only drawing the line at the most radical of proposals. It doesn't make sense.
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The extreme partisans on both sides hate it, each saying its a complete capitulation to their opponents.
That's a pretty good indication it probably hit the middle fairly closely.
Cowperson