"If these conditions do not hold -- if nobody outside Washington is really paying attention to the substance of the bill, if the true costs . . . are buried in phony accounting and understated by a trillion dollars or so -- the majority party can begin every negotiation by asking for 100% of what it wants, go on to concede 10%, and then accuse any member of the minority party who fails to support this 'compromise' of being 'obstructionist.'"
from the 2006 book "The Audacity of Hope" by President Obama
I don't think I could describe any better what just happened with the stimulus bill.
Is his quote a critique or a battle plan? Looks like the latter.
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