That the President of the United States is now using scare tactics to try to bully the progressive wing of the Democratic Party to pass bad policy in order to politically rescue him, is craven and wrong headed. This smacks of Emanuel, Axelrod and Summers, out of touch, tone deaf, blunt, blundering and bullying. If bullying is necessary, first try it on the Republicans or Joe Lieberman, Ben Nelson, Max Baucus and Blanche Lincoln, not the American people. Process is not more important than people and "Beltway Wisdom" doesn't translate very well to "Main Street", considerations of the professional political class may sway Washington insiders, but they are losing this administration the support of the American people.
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