things. the president rejected the cantor ideas and rubbed it in saying quote elections have consequences and, eric, i won. conservative democrats also had objections so democratic leaders nancy pelosi and harry reid were work on changes to win them over. president obama called them on speaker phones to tell them their efforts would save the economy. according to the book me lowsy hit the mute button and democrats went back to their work leaving the president speak into the ozone. the bill eventually passed but without a single republican vote. eric cantor says he was surprised how badly the white house played what should have been a winning hand. though obama won the vote he had unified and energized the losers. so in his earliest moments president obama succeeded in squandering goodwill and the