Again, that was Smiley's take. Scarborough's had a different twist. He said that Obama has never tried to be bipartisan. Instead, Obama initially tried to push through a liberal agenda (the Pelosi plan) but it was stymied by the moderates and Blue Dogs. It was only then that he tried to placate both sides of the Democratic Party. Obama hasn't paid any attention to the Republican viewpoint except where it overlapped with that of the Blue Dogs.

If you follow Scarborough's beliefs about health care, you would know that the last thing that he would ever want to see happen is for Obama to start playing hardball with his own party and push through the liberal plan. He has been very critical of Obama playing to the left on all the other issues such as Cap and Trade, the bloated budget bill and a stimulus bill that was nothing more than an early Christmas present for the far left.