I tried. I really tried to see the good in this Obama-McConnell deal, but the bad outweighs the good in too many ways. As True North from Canada in the Thom Hartmann chat room said as I was preparing for this morning's show, "FDR presented the New Deal, Obama presents the Raw Deal." I listened to my friend and colleague Randi Rhodes yesterday, who staunchly defends this plan.  There are many Dems who think Obama got as good as he could, and praise the stimulative portions of the deal, the guarantee of 13 months of unemployment benefits and the few [...]