And so, as the administration enters the next stage of deficit reduction talks, it’s doing so with its chest notably puffed out.
“It is fair to say we’ve entered a new phase,” White House communications director Dan Pfeiffer told The New York Times on Monday. “The popular narrative is that we sought compromise in a quixotic quest for independent votes. We sought out compromise because a failure to get funding of the government last spring and then an extension of the debt ceiling in August would have been very bad for the economy and for the country. … We were in a position of legislative compromise by necessity. That phase is behind us.”
via Obama White House: ‘Compromise By Necessity’ Phase Is Behind Us.
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