Liberals are irrelevant to the Democratic Party. (Except for their votes ...)
by digby
Eric Schultz from the White House press office tweeted this. Apparently, anything is better than being seen as bending to a demand from their own base, even being pwnd by the GOP:
It's obvious at this point that the Chained-CPI is not something the White House put in the budget simply to entice the Republicans into voting for tax hikes. They really believe in it --- and they really want it. And they must believe the whole country wants it that badly because in their minds it's a win whether they get it passed or whether it's obstructed by Republicans and they can blame them for it. It's that good.
They honestly think this administration's legacy will be burnished by having proposed to cut Social Security.
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