Neville Chamberlain had nothing on this dude
Budget talks came to life Wednesday but not without tension between the White House and Senate Democrats, worried that the administration was too quick to agree to $33 billion in spending cuts to try to move Speaker John Boehner toward what remains a very uncertain deal.
Vice President Joe Biden and White House Budget Director Jack Lew came to the Capitol in the evening for a meeting with the party leadership requested by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Democrats fear that unless the administration takes a stronger stand now, President Barack Obama will only be nibbled to death and be weaker when he faces the Republicans again this spring over the bigger fight of raising the debt ceiling.
Biden confirmed the new target on spending cuts, putting the best face on the deal for Democrats and in his trademark style, trying to add a little punch to the administration’s stance— still hampered by Obama’s detachment from the budget fight.
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"Too quick to agree." The need to "take a stronger stand." Putting the "best face" on a bad deal. "Detachment." Where have we heard those before? Health insurance reform. Extension of Bush tax cuts. Those ring a bell? Constant administration appeasement. Which simply emboldens the Republicans for the next . . . well, we can't say fight, because that's something Obama never does. Let's just say, the next Democratic defeat.
As I've said before: Weakest President Ever.