Including Chained CPI in the Budget was really a cruel trick President Obama pulled on fellow Democrats (In addition to seniors, veterans and others who rely on Social Security for their very survival). President Obama isn't going to appear on another ballot, but his Democratic Party colleagues in the House and Senate face the voters in 2014. The Democrats cutting Social Security benefits is a gift to the Republicans who want to retain the House and takeover the Senate. You don't compromise on core principles ... cutting Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid benefits is compromising on core principles. I wish that President Obama would occasionally forget he is a lawyer, then he might stop painting himself into a corner like this in his ardor to get a deal.
And, no, in this case I don't think the President is playing chess while the rest of us play checkers ... in this case I simply think the President and his advisers blew it when they could least afford to.
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