to nearly $4 trillion, he s shown he s prepared to go the extra mile, but republicans have been so entrenched in their narrow ideological obsession, they ve rather endanger the nation s global standing than offer a single compromise. the president s apparent willingness to cut social security and medicare has horrified his supporters and led some to accuse him of betrayal. uneasy indeed, lies the head that wears the crown in the unforgettable words of shakespeare s king henry iv. the president repeatedly said that leadership involves compromise. what he s also learned through this process is that the cost of leadership is loneliness and isolation. he s never been close to his opponents, but now even some of his friends are deserting him. sound familiar? if he pulls this off, he will have proven himself to be a far
medicaid and social security. yet still he persisted. interestingly, at this pre size moment, nobody seems to be happy with the president, even though, if an agreement is reached, he will have saved the country from financial disaster. his method has been a case study in compromise. in offering to double his package of cuts from $2 trillion to nearly $4 trillion, he s shown he s prepared to go the extra mile, but republicans have been so entrenched in their narrow ideological obsession, they ve rather endanger the nation s global standing than offer a single compromise. the president s apparent willingness to cut social security and medicare has horrified his supporters and led some to accuse him of betrayal. uneasy indeed, lies the head that wears the crown in the unforgettable words of shakespeare s king henry iv. the president repeatedly said
that s shakespeare. that s hotspur s question. you know hotspur s question? larry: no. in henry iv he says, i can summon spirits from the vastly deep. he s kind of mystic, a welshman. he said, i can summon spirits from the vastly deep. owen glenndaur, so hotspur turns to him and says, so can i. he says, so can any man. but will they come when you do call them? and that is 200 years of our history. because if you go back to the early times, john marshal said the cherokee indians own northern georgia. it s theirs. andrew jackson, president, said john marshal made his decision, let him enforce it. and he sent troops to northern georgia to enforce the court s decision. not on your life. to evict the indians. they went along the trail of tears to oklahoma. and many died. few survived. so it s a long time it s a long, long history before