Obama warns of a "bitter pill" that he will have to swallow during negotiations on the fiscal cliff warning his supporters in a conference call Tuesday night". Compromise, apparently...is the name of the game:
Though his encouragement to his activist base may be encouraging to some, the President's preemptive admission that he's willing to give away bargaining chips so early in the game will surely irk those who criticized Obama for his negotiating style throughout his first term. That will be doubly true for progressives who have publicly called for a more hardline stance when it comes to defending key social programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.
How do you feel about the taste of bitter pills? Ahhh, that smell of bipartisanship in the morning. Discuss and bang away.