concessions

Update During the question and answer session, Baucus reiterated that the public option is a bargaining chip to win concessions from the insurance industry:

Wonk Room » Baucus: We Can Accomplish Health Care Reform ‘Without’ Public Health Plan Option 2009

Stephen Harper knew that using the election threat could force certain concessions from the Liberals, and he played them like a harpsichord.

2008 February 21 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

Stephen Harper knew that using the election threat could force certain concessions from the Liberals, and he played them like a harpsichord.

Liberal Spin Doctors At Work As Afghanistan Extended To 2011 « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2008

Fear was used to threaten and win concessions from the surviving democratic states on the periphery of the totalitarian swamp.

Balkinization 2006

Fear was used to threaten and win concessions from the surviving democratic states on the periphery of the totalitarian swamp.

Balkinization 2006

Fear was used to threaten and win concessions from the surviving democratic states on the periphery of the totalitarian swamp.

Balkinization 2006

Fear was used to threaten and win concessions from the surviving democratic states on the periphery of the totalitarian swamp.

Balkinization 2006

Fear was used to threaten and win concessions from the surviving democratic states on the periphery of the totalitarian swamp.

Balkinization 2006

Fear was used to threaten and win concessions from the surviving democratic states on the periphery of the totalitarian swamp.

Balkinization 2006

Fear was used to threaten and win concessions from the surviving democratic states on the periphery of the totalitarian swamp.

Balkinization 2006