Perception

As expected, Obama's compromise with the GOP leaders is causing major fallout throughout the country. People either praise him or condemn him for his decision. For the decision, I praise him. The lame duck congress needed to progress on other issues and certainly without his intervention the tax cuts would have expired. It was ultimately a game of chicken that the two major political parties were playing and Obama conceded first, and rightly so. Politics is currently a game, when it should be simply about identifying the best  One line that irks me is that Obama is "disloyal" to the Democratic party. It is this very kind of attachment to a major political party that interferes with progressive diplomacy.