“But there is a political advantage to Obama hanging back. Any deal that appears to be too much of a political win for Obama, rather than a compromise for both sides, will be harder to attract the required number of Republican votes. The Obama brand is radioactive for most Republicans. “I actually think that anything that Barack Obama suggests is going to be opposed by the Republican establishment and most Republicans,” says Norm Ornstein, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. By distancing himself from final authorship, he may actually gain some policy ground.”

Keeping a Safe Distance, Obama Lays Out a Path Forward in Debt Talks - Swampland

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