Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Boy, you guys seem to have placed all the blame for the failed "grand bargain" on the POTUS alone. After reading the whole article, it seemed to me like Obama was very inexperienced at negotiating the final points in the deal. But at the same time Boehner couldn't manage the factions in his party very well either. The article seems to assert that there was plenty of blame to be shared by all parties to the negotiations. The real fly in the ointment seemed to be the Gang of Six, who had negotiated and publicized an even more aggressive plan than either Obama or Boehner were willing to consider. Probably both party leaders could be blamed for not keeping their colleagues under control while Boehner, Cantor and Obama were negotiating. The sad thing for the country is that this group of political leaders couldn't pull it off.

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