— than it looked at first.
Brian Beutler explains why at Talkingpointsmemo.com.
And according to Politico, the President is doubling down on efforts to get it passed by more attempts at deal-cutting with the Republicans (along with a probable attempt to take an end run around his own Party).
Firedoglake.com’s Jon Walker, who’s done so much to raise the alarm about what Obama is up to, flags that one.
It’s time for the Democratic Party to cut him loose, as painful and anomalous as that may feel to them. A President who disses his caucus, who insists that they walk the plank for him, is not someone who should be heeded.