Voice of America
Dec 4, 2010
President Obama Returns Home After Afghanistan Visit
Quote:
The president landed unannounced in Afghanistan Friday for an almost four hour visit,
days before the White House is set to release a much anticipated review of the increasingly unpopular war.
Bad weather forced the White House to cancel plansfor the president to meet
face-to-face with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Kabul.
He instead held a phone conversation with Mr. Karzai from the air base.
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Yeah sure... damn Kabul weather
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Politico
Dec 4, 2010
Senate takes up tax cut extension
Quote:
The Senate opened a rare weekend session Saturday to cast test votes on two
Democratic tax-cut measures that were widely expected to fail.
But Senate Democrats, who are eager to create a contrast with Republicans over the Bush-era tax cuts,
pushed for the doomed votes as it became clear that they would ultimately need to accept a deal
that ran contrary to their campaign promises over the last 10 years.
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Obama negotiating strategy:
Give away, Compromise away, Run away... far away
He still seems to think that if he can work with the Republicans, he will be re-elected in 2012.
The only way Obama can now regain credibility on this is to veto the Republican bill.
I may end up changing my signature line to "Elections don't matter"