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To: SilentZ who wrote (403829)	8/2/2008 6:21:33 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573927

"No, he agreed to negotiate. There's a difference." Real men don't negotiate or compromise. Anything less than insisting on getting your way on everything is caving...

To: SilentZ who wrote (403829)	8/2/2008 6:42:05 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1573927

He waited till it was too late to negotiate. So his change in policy was designed to impress voters not to actually work out a compromise. Notice he waited till Congress was ready to go home before he came out as willing to compromise on drilling. Why didn't he do that a few days earlier when Pelosi and Reid were manning the NO DRILLING barricades? Maybe he could have had a real impact. Changing his position at the very last minute guaranteed that wouldn't happen. " To prevent a vote on offshore drilling this week, Senate Democrats also let fail a bill providing home heating assistance for the poor. Same thing for tax subsidies for wind and solar energy." ..... Many Congressional Democrats are working below the radar to craft a compromise that couples drilling with conservation and programs to prop up renewable alternatives. But the leadership won't bend even a bit, and so Ms. Pelosi and Mr. Reid have spent the summer using every parliamentary deception to evade debating the issue that the American public cares most about. Message 24811695 The timing supports the idea that his changed position is a pose for political purposes. Perhaps if he'd come out of the No Drill closet earlier, he could've strengthened the hand of those working for a compromise. He didn't want to do that.

To: SilentZ who wrote (403829)	8/2/2008 7:02:51 PM
From: steve harris	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573927

You don't think Obama looks silly changing his positions and personal friends faster than Gallop issues a new poll? Obama stayed with Wright because it worked for his state election, Obama dumped Wright because it became evident Wright was sinking his poll numbers nationally. I don't consider that "negotiating", it's been already defined in history as "political expediency".