Negotiating with Elvis was like negotiating with Jell-O. https://t.co/wS9cyW5EXX
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Monthly Archives: January 2018
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It's not a "new low." Even the poll it links to doesn't claim it's a new low. Trump's popularity has actually been rising a bit lately, FWIW https://t.co/ijOeQ9v1CX https://t.co/fDGb3HEAdh
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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If they come around on the Wall, they can come around on reducing "chain," which also doesn't threaten existing illegals directly (the way, say, more ICE agents might). https://t.co/X2WBg6C7dn
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Hang Tough, Republicans https://t.co/VbT76ptf7B
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Come to think of it, let's move the Amnesty from Phase I to Phase II. Otherwise the immigration-control stuff may never get done (blocked by ACLU-style suits before anti-Trump judges) while the Amnesty does get done (as in 1986). https://t.co/7fW0lvJ4Bu
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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How dare Cotton try to move the "chain" issue from Phase II to Phase I! https://t.co/DZdEFaQXxZ Are the Phases written into the Gang of 8 provision of the Constitution?
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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I had a friend who used the "Jell-O bargaining technique" on car dealers. He wound up with some great offers. https://t.co/Hl4RvXDxya
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Hang Tough, @RealDonaldTrump, They're Starting to Crack, Part III: They've cracked on the Wall. They can crack on "chain." https://t.co/Hl4RvXDxya
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Still sounds to me like Schumer vaguely suggested a deal, Trump didn't quite agree, didn't send out the tweet Schumer wanted, thought about it some more, said no. Schumer works up a whine for press/base. https://t.co/2lq2kk8ZR0
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Right. So they *weren't* close to a deal. https://t.co/2fOWlzSz2Q
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Suggests Graham's bill may not be the massively popular bipartisan consensus solution that we were led to believe https://t.co/8Q8JMBgZwe
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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In other words, @NYTimes says "an outline of an agreement was struck." Schumer's own words contradict that, and @washingtonpost doesn't seem to be buying it either. https://t.co/8zQgqXZh1l
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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IT'S NYT vs. WAPO: The Post quotes Schumer: "I reluctantly put the border wall on the table for discussion — even that was not enough to entice the president to finish the deal." Sounds like the "outline" was not accepted, no? https://t.co/HLsgqdunGV https://t.co/2LVr9yassG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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CORRECTION: Should read "protect DACAns"–not necessarily the much larger group of so-called "Dreamers." DACANs=700,000 Dreamers=3.6M https://t.co/eFQ0Xel9j4
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Answers: No. It will. https://t.co/IB3ZmLEtei
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Attn: @MarkSKrikorian Don't deny this, even if it's not true. Sincerely, your publicist. https://t.co/VP9342VLyO
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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How do we know it's not drawing of Zaha Hadid's design for the Jared Kushner 666 building? https://t.co/3qNhc7pAPo
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Because it's not their position. Some GOPs want to see the Dreamers deported, or subject to deportation. But all the relevant pols and officials–Goodlatte, Trump, Miller–want a deal: Protect Dreamers but do x, y, and z to ameliorate the consequences. https://t.co/6bgo87DTyM
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Hmm…. https://t.co/shzHzSDYgG
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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For example, NYT says Schumer "discussed the possibility of fully funding the president’s wall on the southern border with Mexico." Does that sound like "outline of an agreement"? Or, you know, discussion. https://t.co/teIQ7B3o2k
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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"How Trump and Schumer Came Close to a Deal Over Cheeseburgers" https://t.co/raH0cV4DLQ Hard to tell how close, given Dems' obvious desire to fit this into their "betrayal/reneging/Stephen Svengali" party line.
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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How to square this account with what Schumer said right after the meeting: "We made some progress, but we still have a good number of disagreements.." Doesn't sound close. https://t.co/gv6otdH4dp
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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One "note," as we say in Hollywood: "Losers" isn't a good word to use if your goal is, as here, to get the undecided middle on your side. It's also unnecessary. Case is strong without it. #lehaneism https://t.co/AA1IYX9l99
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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Who's the most thin-skinned, self-cocooning politcs tweeter? Nominations accepted. I vote @matthewjdowd.
(@Murphymike & @Seungminkim blocked me after getting trolled repeatedly. Fair enough. Dowd seems to be curating a highly fragile bubble of self-regard.)— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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"Holding court" = breathing https://t.co/jRM0iZsJQ2
— Mickey Kaus (@kausmickey) January 20, 2018
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