CNN - Politics: Reports that Republican Speaker Boehner has stated that the fiscal cliff solution now has to come from President Obama and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid.
Lets Get Real:
This is going to be fun for the Oval, any deal that will pass the Republican House has to have welfare cuts, the liberal base of the Democratic Party just wants to spend, also the Oval is not running in 2014 and 2016, thus Oval, Senate and the House has different interests, the Oval does not want a recession at the start of its 2nd term, the Democratic Senator and House Members have to worry about Primary fights if they vote for any cuts. This will be a test for the Oval, can President Obama actually do deals, can he be a LBJ or Bill Clinton in Democratic terms. The present historical trend does not look good, when it came to ObamaCare the Oval left the details to the Hill, it seems that the Oval does not like to get its hand dirty, do deals, deals that cost, that the liberal base will be out on the street on, it expects its logical to win the day, when you get the Nobel Prize for doing nothing that can go to your head. A great President can work with the other side, just look at the Reagan record, saved social security and reformed the tax system in the 2nd term, while working with liberal Democrats. What is more important Reagan could sell tax hikes and still be beloved by the US voters, Republican and Democrats. Thus can Obama save the US from going over the fiscal cliff, lets see how clever the Oval really is, can he be a good old Chicago Pol.
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