Let me be perfectly honest here...and I'm speaking as probably the most progressive liberal on this forum.
WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU EXPECT OBAMA TO DO???
Here's how all this goes down...
1. Republicans demanded that President Obama accept Social Security cuts through chained-CPI.
2. Obama, eager to reach a compromise, grudgingly agreed and offered Republicans what they asked for.
3. Republicans then attacked Obama for proposing the policy they demanded.
It's not just this, it's everything legitimate before Congress since 2009. There's only two choices now.
1. Obama can stick to his principles and nothing will get done. No budget will pass and everyone one of you will bitch and blame either him or the republicans.
2. Obama can try to compromise with the republicans and get something done.
We have obstructionism at every bend, we have abuse of the filibuster system, we have gerrymandering, we have voter disenfranchisement, we have judicial holds, we have no government. It's not Obama's fault.