In December and with the budget compromise, Obama played the role of the reluctant compromiser.

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But should Reagan be remembered as a great compromiser?

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Only in December when Obama the Compromiser stopped bashing Wall Street (which was willing to accept new regulation for its self-admitted lax oversight of Collateralized Debt Obligations, or CDOs), and soft-pedaled his tax increase insanity, did this economy move again in earnest.

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