Why Obama Isn't Caving

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Why Obama Isn't Caving
President Obama's "stiffening resolve during the fight over the fiscal cliff can be traced directly to the lessons he drew from his hard-won triumph of the 2012 campaign," Politico reports.

"He whipped Republicans a second time, parried the best attacks they could muster, and is now demanding that they respect the victory, if not the man who won it. That doesn't mean Obama won't eventually compromise, especially with the specter of a renewed recession lingering just over the horizon, but his body language is a lot more combative than the kinder, gentler Obama negotiating style of yore."

Key point: "After his 2008 win, he talked a lot about bipartisanship. This time he's determined to squeeze it out of Republicans. He believes he owes that to the people who voted for him."

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