Posted: Jul 14, 2011 5:20 am
He should not have even given the Republicans this long to twist the story to their advantage. If I were him, the moment Cantor walked out of the negotiations, I would have gone to the American people and told them that our lives were all being put in danger, that the Republicans were threatening to destroy our economy on purpose and that we would not allow ourselves to be victims of extortion in this way. But he hasn't done that. Apparently, we're told that he dressed Cantor down behind closed doors by threatening to do these things. But why couldn't he have done them in the first place? He had the opportunity to chase Cantor and his ilk out of office and cement Democratic government for the next ten years if he had just capitalized on their mistake. He had it handed to him on a silver platter and as usual, he let them off.