As I said in another thread... given the urgency of the moment (since the lame duck session is still Democratic controlled), COMPROMISE on unemployment and a 2 year limit on ALL tax cuts extensions ( including the death tax ).
THEN, come next year, pass a bill to MAKE ALL BUSH TAX CUTS PERMANENT and we’ll have MORE time to fight the Dem Senate and Obama and make this an issue come 2012 if they don’t cooperate.
As Dubya would say, that’s the STATEGERY !!
Wow you have more faith in the GOP than I do. I think once they get this through they'll drop it quick to get the public attention off the issue. Deep down they're still spineless for the most part. This should have been addressed BEFORE the election.