Yeah, a decent move that Obama has decided to give back 5% of his salary. The symbolism is nice. But a lot of people are quite unimpressed. His 5% is about half their salary. It would look -- and be -- a whole lot better if he fixed the budgetary mess.
As for that fixing… Terrence Heath sees that Obama still hasn't figured out who he's dealing with. The GOP has refused to negotiate (and are doing all they can to make Obama out to be the reason). That means Obama has recently signed a budget bill keeping all those budget cuts in place until the 2014 budget goes into effect (or at least is supposed to) next October. These budget cuts are the ones Obama described as "dumb."
Obama's inability to accurately assess the GOP, says Heath, will doom his second term agenda. This is not a "no-win" situation. It is a huge win for the GOP who are getting what they want even though Americans don't want that and didn't vote for it. They're winning in spite of losses at the ballot box and in the polls.
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