CNN Opinion: Budget good will: Vanished without a trace

By Gloria Borger, Senior Political Analyst

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Gloria Borger: President Barack Obama stayed above the fray in lame-duck session
• She says he returned to partisan politics with Wednesday’s budget speech
• The Obama speech will hurt efforts to achieve compromise on long-term deficits, she says
• Borger: Obama did it to shore up Democratic base, concerned about spending cuts