CNN saying Obama will have to compromise with GOP more, after election.

[grasswire]

Blitzer and Gergen: Obama will have to alienate his liberal base and compromise MORE with Republicans if they hope for a Dem win in 2016. Must show their willingness to govern from the center.

%*&%$##

[giftedgirl77]

1. Fuck CNN & there wannabe FauxNews Bullshit.

[RockinLeft]

51. Agree. They're no better than the rest of the corporate media. EOM

[Dawson Leery]

2. Blitzer and Gergen are two paid establishment whores.

Blitzer and Gergen (CNN in general with Fox) have covered for the deliberate obstruction committed by the GOP.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Maybe I'm hearing what I want to here; but ...

that sounds a lot like ... a 2014

[kelliekat44]

4. WTF? How about the GOP compromising more with the President? And it ain't over.

I say Obama should govern according to what he believes is the right thing for the nation. If that causes us the Presidency in 2016 than so be it. The country will get what it seems to be longing for...hateful old misogynist white men and their Stepfford wives running everything and the running the country into the ground. Think Reagan, Bush, and Bush.

[Old Nick]

9. Time to break out the veto pen

Ford did it a lot, so why not Obama?

[bravenak]

26. There is nothing to veto.

They don't actually legislate anymore.

[louis-t]

32. They will, I promise.

An endless stream of bullshit bills that they will claim are bipartisan, then they will whine "he just won't work with us." I say there will be more bills than in the last six years before March.

[bravenak]

35. They will be Bills of Insanity.

I don't consider a pack of lunatics trying to take away rights legislating. Besides, all Obama has to do is say the bill was his idea and he can't wait to sign it, and they will start slamming their own bills.

[louis-t]

44. That would be fun.

[Maedhros]

36. So far, Obama has only used the veto twice.

I don't expect that to change much.

[LawDeeDah]

5. CNN is a toilet full of turds.

Fuck them all with a rusty chainsaw, the treasonous vermin.

[upaloopa]

6. How does that logic work? To win in 2016 we

should give up on our values? How is that a win?

[LondonReign2]

13. We've got numerous posters here making that exact strategic argument

[Maedhros]

38. It's a win for those in the Democratic Party that have Republican values. [n/t]

[GitRDun]

7. That's a laugh

Congress does nothing. My feeling is Dems will hold Senate. If so, business as usual, or, rather, a lack of business.

If R's happen to take a majority, the Republicans in the Senate can expect to get quite a bit of what they have been dishing out in obstructionism.

Lastly, even if bad legislation gets thru to Obama via budget reconciliation or rules changes in Senate, you can expect the veto pen to come out hot and heavy.

I have my issues with Obama but he's no powder puff. CNN is out of their minds.

[lsewpershad]

8. These clowns

must think we are all stupid. Why don't they tell the obnoxious repukes to cooperate with the President for the sake of the masses.

[Andy823]

10. Just because they say so

Doesn't mean it will happen. Those clowns are trying to out due the morons on faux news. Does anyone really care of give shit about what they say on CNN?

[DisgustipatedinCA]

11. 6 years of Republican obstructionism says Obama doesn't have to do shit.

We've already seen that tacking toward the right gets Democrats nothing. I'd rather see the President golf everyday for two years than for him to accede to more Republican demands.

[malaise]

12. CNN also said that Obamacare was overturned by the Supremes

[grasswire]

14. same crap going on over at MSNBC

Plouffe, Tweety, etc.: Democrats must realize that traditional institutions are outdated, and change their views.

[Rex]

15. Fuck CNN...trash, pure trash.

Gergen lol

[grasswire]

17. I haven't watched either more than rarely for a couple of years now.

Shocking how stupid the yammering is.

NO ONE is advising Democrats to be DEMOCRATS. Or even POPULISTS. We have lost the MSM narrative, apparently.

[Rex]

19. I think they gave it up when Dubya was in office.

The M$M figured out they could lie all they want to and nobody could do anything about it or stop it from happening. Since then, all they seem to do is work hard to get the GOP elected, while bad mouthing Dems.

It should be illegal for mainstream media to influence elections imo.

[rock]

16. I'll be glad to load his gun

if he wants to engage in compromising with the repiggies.

[LordGlenconner]

18. Sigh...these people have no fucking clue

The reality of it is the GOP are going to skull fuck us tonight. Then they're going to spend 2 years crowing about it. In the process of that crowing they will, as always, overplay their hand dooming their chances in 2016.

It's basically going to be a repeat of 2004-2006.

[City Lights]

20. LOL...what a steaming pile CNN has become. nt

[Johonny]

21. Even if in theory Obama compromised MORE with Republicans, they'd report he hadn't

so why the * would he. Given Ted Cruz says priority one in an all Republican congress is to impeach him, how much compromise is Obama likely to give them on that issue. The GOP base already thinks Obama has never compromised, is a socialist, Marxist, African, Fascist, dictator, so good educating of the public CNN.

[kentuck]

22. Let's see...

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Democrats control Executive Branch and half of Legislative Branch, and it's OK for Republicans to filibuster and obstruct everything? But if the Repubs control the Legislative Branch, the House and Senate, then the President is obligated to compromise with them? Thanks for clearing that up.

[Tarheel_Dem]

29. There's only one "Executive Branch", the WH. The Senate & House are the "legislative" branch.

The third branch of government is the Judiciary.

[kentuck]

48. I am so sorry.

I fixed it. I think? Thanks for the corrections.

[Maedhros]

43. Point of clarification:

Democrats control one branch of government - the Executive. They control one part of the Legislative Branch - the Senate. Neither party, in theory, controls the Judicial Branch (but we know how that really works).

[rufus dog]

23. Tweety saying the same

Must be given the marching orders

[BKH70041]

24. Wait until AFTER the election.

Election first. Then we'll see what needs to happen.

[okieinpain]

25. I thought he had already done that

And that's why dems are un-happy with the president

[unblock]

27. did they ever say anything comparable when shrub was president?

of course not. they just kept saying how popular he was (at 39% approval).

[Fred Sanders]

28. At CNN Presidential job approval being unchanged in a year means they are plunging, and Wolf is

always more than happy to smear anyone supporting Obama for a shekel or a pence.

[Baitball Blogger]

30. Wishful thinking.

[GusBob]

31. Horrible, worthless, vapid and completely false blah blah blah yakkity yak analysis

BO doesn't have to do a goddamned thing. Because the only thing the GOP wants is to repeal health care (veto) and the house will bring up impeachment (which these asshats in the media want). If they impeach 2016 will be a DEM whitewash and the end of the tea party

[RadicalGeek]

42. Also

Each extremist bill the GOP proposes will get the Democratic "Base" active.

As long as folks like Sanders and Warren are willing to show willingness to fight in the Senate.

[spanone]

33. if i were the President i would double fucking down on these assholes.

P.S. FUCK CNN

[grasswire]

49. absolutetly

I would snap, finally, and start governing like a DEMOCRAT!! An FDR DEMOCRAT!

[Man from Pickens]

34. Shouldn't we have the election first?

Let's see who people actually vote for and in what number, then make decisions from there as to what the next steps are.

[derby378]

37. Here's the magic formula

If Obama compromises more, he's a wimp.
If Obama compromises less, he's a sore loser.
If Obama compromises the same amount, he's a lame duck.
If Obama rescues a kitten from a burning building tonight, he's an opportunist.

No matter what, the deck has been stacked against him, and the cards are being dealt from the bottom of the pack.

[Blaukraut]

39. On the contrary. President Obama should dig in hard and speak out loud

He has nothing left to lose. Will not be on the ballot in 2016. He can use the bully pulpit in his last two years. Legislation is going to be stalled, no matter what. The perception that it is, and always was, the Republicans who are responsible for the gridlock MUST be hammered home in the next 24 months, so we can maximize our already pretty decent chances to flip the Senate back to the Dems, keep the presidency in Dem hands, and make serious inroads in the house, as well.

Obama has the power to steer the conversation here.

[SomethingFishy]

40. Compromise? Or do what they tell him?

That's what the Republicans think compromise is, they say something and you do it.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

41. I hope he discovers the usage of the Veto pen.

[BlindTiresias]

45. Highly unlikely.

[BlindTiresias]

46. Yep

Or more importantly, Obama will likely take the signalling that he should work with them more and will be very reluctant to utilize his veto powers. He basically gets to solidify his legacy as a "great negotiator" by moderating the really very extreme stuff that will be coming down the pipe soon assuming the Republicans win a majority.

[upaloopa]

55. Reminds me of the song about the tender

hearted woman and the poor half frozen snake. She takes in the snake and feeds it and warms it by the fire. Then the snake bites her with poison fangs.
"Oh shut up silly woman, said that serpent with a grin, you knew damn well I was a snake before you took me in"

[3catwoman3]

47. Fuck that.

Stock up on veto pens if necessary. Those who have refused again and again to compromise one hairsbreadth have a hell of a nerve suggesting President Obama do what they would not.

[Roland99]

50. Considering the "center" is about where the GOP was 40-50 years ago....

I'll take that left-of-center pendulum swing back any day now!!

[Nite Owl]

52. he tried that

didn't work. The GOP doesn't know what the word means.
Where has CNN been for six years? They never told them to compromise with Obama.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

53. Governing from the center?

That would be moving left at this point.

[Dont call me Shirley]

54. CrapNotNews hopefully will have to swallow those words in one big chunk

[gopiscrap]

56. Fuck CNN!!!!!

[B Calm]

57. I hope he compromises just as much as the republicans have done since he's been president!

[d_b]

58. LOL

Yes, cut social security and medicare and do away with obamacare and give more tax breaks to the rich and all that jazz so we can win in 2016 - America Demands It!

[Proud Liberal Dem]

59. Democrats have to compromise

Republicans get to do what they want. Have I got that correct?

[budkin]

60. What a fucking load of horse shit

WRONG.

[still_one]

61. fuck cnn. Haven't watched them for about 10 years, and don't expect to anytime soon

[Skittles]

62. corporate bullshit in action