harried is known as the Lion of the Senate
I don't know how others me too but we can I mean it as a joke
because I V CZ incredibly me ken
at no one has ever heard when he spoke in does have Catalina like week which is
a hearing which X coming in
right but it turns out and we've been reporting for a little while but now
a new york times actually has I'm sorry to having impose actually is terrific
details on it
I they talk to both sides harried and present Obama
and officials a in both camps and it turns out
harried is clearly the stronger the two
now the administration doesn't admit that obviously but you're gonna see them
a quotes
you're in a seat in the facts so the funny thing is
he might not be much of a line and he might not have much more or
but he's trying to edge President Obama to be stronger so they give you a sense
how not quite as strong
I Obama is how I got for you permit some
it's Harry be like come on over our cupboards you could do it sober up
alright so for so all
if you remember during the said shut down absurd the government shutdown
there was and leak from a senate
aid and it said this I do fear the White House
is up to something bad Obama says over and over I won't negotiate
but we know he loves to cave you know that was that was a shot across the bow
bow hits so
what the the senators are basically saying there reads people
say hey remember we said we were going to go she would these jerks right
stay strong states call Obama okay
that Obama people shot back see all you know it yet there's a reason why they
always eggs you always day
so now we know that they actually had a meeting back
in early July in the oval office Senator Harry Reid
of course the majority leader for other Democrats in the Senate
and President Obama and that's where apparently they
well to euphemistically again they say that they both tried to buck each other
up
saying all a car right now let's stick together right but the reality is as
President Obama
who needs that cuz he's the one that constantly does concessions
to the republicans when the Senate Democrats or not a particularly progress
a bunch to begin with
we're trying to maintain some order some discipline and not give them the entire
house
right and we know in the 2011 negotiations that negotiations
Harry was trying to hold the line and President Obama went in there
and send Joe Biden in to give Akshar concessions the republicans
that I didn't any need for them so now
a Harry Reid says well look you worked out
and he says we just both came to the conclusion that the time had ended
to be taken by these crazy people the president said
I'm not going to negotiate I said I'm not going to negotiate
and we didn't and that's true so credit to bother them turns out that when you
stay strong
hey the other side fold in fact right after the church their July meeting
I Harry began this new
approach the toughness right for the democrats some very very new approach
and he said look there's all these appointment to President Obama has put
up there that the republicans
Wanaque done so here's Orlando really a nuclear option take away your filibuster
on these appointments only
and where to put all appointments in any way and
he told Obama don't panic the republicans will yell
okay and those freemen to cry don't panic they didn't
guess what happened fairly quickly the republicans
totally Cape is it a good go don't trip all this dog
taking away the nuclear and a filibuster in doing a new graph is unacceptable
but I can't believe he's doing okay fine we gave will crumble and
they got all the a point so they wanted so Harry Reid strategy actually work
it was kinda approval casa for President Obama turns out if you have a spine
to other side mike foale home
sup now you give a sense
a you get a sense from harried what he thinks President Obama look at this
quote
I love this quote cuz it it's not saying what is actually say
quote President Obama is such a nice man
just a nice person and he became president during an awful time
it's easy to look back and say oh he shouldn't have done that or he should to
renew the payroll tax
that's all then this is now he continues
a different environment I don't want to sound like a cheerleader for Obama he
get others to do that
but he's a good person I believe that's called
patronizing in other words had the guy so weak man
he and I'll chalk it up to his good nature like ok LNG and couldn't get a
bottle ago lolol
Casey will give a more he's
now look what happened in the past the pass another was I didn't like what he
did in the past he was a terrible negotiator
but hey we commissioned to be a good negotiator now look their side is
leaking to the press hurry to start on the press
so I understand there's a bias that comes with that but when you see how
things unfolded
harry goes talk President Obama also they come over the top line
the top line works hurry go suck President Obama they stay strong
and so it there's a lot of evidence to support what Harry to say furthermore
back in the 2011 that negotiations President Obama took
gave at terrible offer the republicans that was remotely progressive
now what it offers a didn't take on the so-called grand bargain
involve cuts the Social Security and Medicare and
fake revenue he accepted a hundred billion dollars a job in a said
would be extra revenue when we lowered taxes
I mean that's what the republican talking point as a senator yes
supply-side that's not there's nothing progressive about that as a
shiet would further bones but there was soap tea party craze
didn't even take that offer but read was livid about over you know why
because as week is Reid has been so often
he's actually in still bottom line
a progressive it doesn't do a lot of progressive things
but he he would generally prefer to be progressive them not to be progressive
right
well as President Obama is not a progressive
so re perceives that as weakness but I really present Obama thinks
I don't know what we did well then we I mean my priority was to
get a grand bargain under any circumstance and I a big man
on believably good offer to them but I thought I was gonna get under at all
certain sisters other is crazy
effect Obama says Jack in robbery produced two
top negotiators at the time took the republicans to the cleaners
I not honor
nobody could possibly believe that if they're progressive
it was at terrible BL on the democratic side
and even a hurry thought mike got what have you done man
thank God they didn't take it offers a temp were also devastating to the
democrats
but it could have been even worse but meanwhile Obama thinks
hype lover mission accomplished because he's not a progressive and doesn't care
about those things
doesn't care about cutting Social Security Medicaid is once a deal
so now in the middle of these negotiations when I got tough
he Obama cause bainer like every time Obama toast their problems all the
democrats on as they seem like
or not audibly so don't give up or anything so in this case good good Obama
says
Harry in Nancy will need revenues referred to her reading this course
say like hey you know if we're gonna do a deal you still need
Rep something on the revenue side who can do it like I was promising you in
2011
where you get every single thing that you want so we'll have tax increase
taxes or something if you want a larger budget
right but look at the Framingham at I know they play a little good cop bad cop
so they go to Hey
you know i'd give you saw in the car but my manager won't write
either send this summer that but there's also the fact that Obama is clearly the
weaker Guyanese like
me shit I give you anything you like but Harry and Nancy
they're sort of thing in the some revenues
alright finally Harry Reid says look
bygones be bygones at least week plated right here we stuck together
and he says I don't always feel this way that's interesting too
but I really felt so right about what we're trying to do and when the
president hung in there as he did
it was so helpful to us
so finely we got
a the little guy to step up and become the king after all
day now look at I don't want to sound too patronizing
I and he's the president he should be leaving them
everybody knows that Harry does not the standard-bearer for strength
everybody knows that but to give you a sense help ok
how poor President Obama's in negotiating
again I think it's because he doesn't actually care about the
same priorities as other Democrats to are
like were at this stage now where Harry has to push along
and say please mister president this post your leader
actually stand approving that were supposed to stand up for
so Hey look Knoll words George W Bush
we're making progress little bit of progress but now you know
where the characters lie and who's who and what their motivations are
so in the abuse and this
but we go Harry Reid we needed you there
any kinda delivered for