Rahmbo: From Now On, Policy First, "Bipartisanship" Second

[kpete]

Rahmbo: From Now On, Policy First, "Bipartisanship" Second
By Big Tent Democrat, Section Obama Administration
Posted on Fri Feb 13, 2009 at 02:25:35 PM EST
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2009/2/13/152535/863

From Jane Hamsher, good to see the Obama team recognize what some of the President's supporters refuse to see:
http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/house-passes-stimulus-package-and-bipartisanship-is-dead/

Mr. Emanuel owned up to one mistake: message. What he called the outside game slipped away from the White House last week, when the president and others stressed bipartisanship rather than job creation as they moved toward passing the measure. White House officials allowed an insatiable desire in Washington for bipartisanship to cloud the economic message a point coming clear in a study being conducted on what went wrong and what went right with the package, he said.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123449249590080699.html

[Beetwasher]

1. The ONLY Reason They Can Say This NOW Is Because THEY TRIED

very hard to be bipartisan FIRST. It gave them cover to put it on the back burner now.

Maybe this was the brilliant plan all along, maybe this is learing from mistakes, but the doing this NOW after having tried so very hard to be bipartisan first, makes this MUCH easier to do now.

[bigdarryl]

2. Right on it should now be clear to the President these ASS WIPE republicans

have no intention of working with him. I think Obama made a big mistake thinking he could get these idiots to go along with him enough of this bipartisan bullshit Mr. President

[BOSSHOG]

3. BIPARTISANSHIP to the party led by rush limbaugh

you have to agree with us 100% of the time, otherwise we will whine that you are not being fair. Since they have whined since the President attempted to play, fuck them intensely from now on.

[Tatiana]

4. They can say they tried. Now it's time to lay down the law and make them cry like babies. n/t

[AtomicKitten]

5. Works for me. n/t

[mucifer]

6. Huff Post: Rahm: Obama Lost Control Of Stimulus Debate

White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, in an interview with reporters, conceded that President Obama lost control of the stimulus debate by focusing too much on bipartisan outreach. The Wall Street Journal reports:

Mr. Emanuel owned up to one mistake: message. What he called the outside game slipped away from the White House last week, when the president and others stressed bipartisanship rather than job creation as they moved toward passing the measure. White House officials allowed an insatiable desire in Washington for bipartisanship to cloud the economic message a point coming clear in a study being conducted on what went wrong and what went right with the package, he said.

According to Emanuel, the White House "lost" control of the message for four days. He suggested that the president decided to change his tone after the House vote, when not a single Republican voted for the bill.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/13/rahm-obama-lost-control-o_n_166692.html

Rham is looking better today!

:)

[wyldwolf]

7. HuffPo misquoted the WSJ

The Original WSJ article used the phrase "Obama Team," not just "Obama," and Emanuel repeatedly used words like "we."

Emanuel didn't say Obama lost control. He said the team did. Including himself.

Just a clarification.

[firedupdem]

8. Thanks....next you'll hear that Rahm and Obama hate each other

and Rahm wishes he'd never taken the COS position. :eyes:

[mucifer]

9. The important thing he said was "screw bipartisanship" that made me happy.

I know I know "screw bipartisanship" isn't an exact quote. But, I say screw bipartisanship! :bounce: