Shorter Obama: I’m being held hostage by Senate Republicans — what do you expect me to do?
Late Update: Obama says it’s actually the American people who are being held hostage:
I’ve said before that I felt that the middle class tax cuts were being held hostage to the high end tax cuts. I think it’s tempting not to negotiate with hostage takers unless the hostage gets harmed. Then, people will question the wisdom of that strategy. In this case the hostage was the American people and I was not willing to see them get harmed.
You can watch it here.
Suspect we’re going to hear a lot about this formulation.
