WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is warning friend and foe alike: They're not going to like every part of President Barack Obama's budget when it is released this week.
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer is telling Republicans their "my way or the highway" approach would spell the GOP's defeat in upcoming budget negotiations. He also is telling Obama's Democratic allies that they, too, will have to bend on the spending plan that is due Wednesday.
"Look, this is compromise," Pfeiffer said on Sunday. "And compromise means there are going to be some folks on both sides who are not happy."
The White House is laying the groundwork to work with rank-and-file Republicans, including a dinner with GOP senators and the president on Wednesday night. That outreach is unlikely to calm concerns among liberal Democrats that Obama is open to trading traditionally sacrosanct programs such as Social Security and Medicare.
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