Cenk Uygur
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Obama Fiscal Cliff Game Plan: Leave Washington?
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November 21, 2012
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5:00Now Playing"President Barack Obama is preparing to expand the fiscal cliff fight beyond the confines of Washington, travelling the country and leaning on Democratic activist groups to help apply political pressure.
The goal, organizers said, is to keep engaged the activists and followers who have stood with Obama through two campaigns, and to begin applying external pressure to the president's negotiations with congressional Republicans.
And so, top Obama operatives are gaming out ways to squeeze political capital out of the 2012 elections, aiming to affect the lame-duck session in Congress. Obama previewed the strategy in a conference call with activists after the election, saying that a second term that will include some barnstorming across the country."*
Ana Kaparian and John Iadarola (Host, TYT Univesity) discuss this bid to affect Congress' lame duck session. Will it work? Is it genuine?
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