The repugicans Are Shocked That Obama Refuses To Cave and Give Them Everything They Want

Aides to Mitch McConnell are frustrated because President Obama has made it known that he is not going to back down and give the repugican controlled Congress what they want.

Politico reported, “McConnell’s aides are frustrated at the lack of movement they see from Obama after the election-night. They say he’s still stuck in the same battle lines with the repugican cabal that make deals on tax reform and infrastructure less likely. White House officials say the president will keep making the same case he’s already made for his tax reform and infrastructure ideas, and believe repugicans will eventually have to give ground on a minimum wage hike now that voters in four states approved increases Tuesday.”

The repugicans seem shocked that Obama hasn’t bowed to their ability to steal elections in mostly red states where he isn’t popular. Remember, all of those promises that repugicans made on the campaign trail? Give us the Senate, and we’ll repeal Obamacare. Not so much. What about all of those bills that John Boehner claims will now be signed into law under Obama? Forget it. All of those pipe dreams that repugicans sold voters about a repugican congress breaking the gridlock? They were a fantasy.

President Obama has no reason to move. He has been saying the same thing for nearly seven years now. Obama has been urging repugicans to meet him in the middle. Instead of compromising, congressional repugicans keep asking aloud why Obama won’t give them what they want.

The odds are that the new repugican Senate majority is not going to accomplish much. What is most likely to happen is that repugicans will try to pass bills that Democrats can’t support. The repugicans don’t have sixty votes in the Senate, so they won’t be able to do much. The only difference is that Mitch McConnell won’t be able to blame Harry Reid. He is going to have to own his failure.

Obama isn’t going to cave. The president is willing to work with repugicans, but nothing in this world is free. The so-called cabal of personal responsibility is looking to get something for nothing. That’s not going to happen while Barack Obama is occupying the White House.