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Originally Posted by Sly
Now, you have to expect this. It's part of the negotiation process. But what I'm wondering more and more is, is Obama creating these "massive changes" in Bills knowing that they will get watered down to nothing, essentially meaning that he is getting what he wants... or is Congress simply slapping him in the face?
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I don't think anyone ever expects the initial version of bills to pass. Obama is wisely making them extreme so that the watered-down version seems plausible when in fact pre-Obama the watered-down version would have been seen as extreme. It's like a $5 domain with an asking price of $10,000 and the owner decides that today's special is only $1,000, which seems awesome compared to $10,000 but is still ridiculous *coughmangotubecough*.