Obama - Finally An Aggressive Progressive?!

"Amid demands from Republicans that President Obama propose detailed new spending cuts to avert the year-end fiscal crisis, his answer boils down to this: you first. Mr. Obama, scarred by failed negotiations in his first term and emboldened by a clear if close election to a second, has emerged as a different kind of negotiator in the past week or two, sticking to the liberal line and frustrating Republicans on the other side of the bargaining table."* Is Obama finally taking a hard line against Republicans in fiscal cliff negotiations? Comments from Speaker John Boehner and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner seem to say as much. Cenk Uygur analyzes Obama's negotiations this time around and how he seems to have learned from the past. *Read more from Peter Baker/ New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/us/... Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/TYTonYouTube Support The Young Turks by Shopping http://bit.ly/XhuNqO Like Us on Facebook: Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/OkX87X Buy TYT Merch: http://theyoungturks.spreadshirt.com/