The tax cuts didnt expire until exactly 2 years ago not 4 years ago and then Speaker Pelosi and Obama gave in to the 2010 lame duck Senate filibuster partly because they couldnt round up enough Senate votes (they needed 50 with budget reconciliation and they couldnt even pull that out of their 59) at the time to pass the partial extension. So they extended them all two years, and they got FICA tax cuts in return. That was a congress fully controlled by Dems.
But if those Dems were bolder and were able to round up enough Dem votes in the Senate (Pelosi still had the house then ) to pass only the middle class <$250K ones they would of.
I have posted many times that this would have given Republicans an issue for the following 4 years, and Romney too.
“You Dems raised taxes on job creators and it isnt working”
Instead O made raising those taxes a major campaign promise and he won and won house and Senate seats. So he has no reason to give in, unlike 2 years ago when he had a re-election coming and the House and Senate.
You guys are keeping me on my toes :)
Correction “...for the following 2 years” till 2012 not 4.
Obama has been one step ahead of them on every fight the past two years.
Forget the MSM, Obama poll tests and focus groups every stated position on TV to turn key voters against Rs.
But on the other side Republicans go into every fight seeming assuming voters will line up on their side automatically, Romney sure acted like that.
The result was predictable.
In a Con Game, Shills are The Grifter’s assistants and are used to distract the victim or to encourage the victim to participate in The Con.
Just not sure I understand which media will carry the story without the spin. 4 years ago was a presidential election. Didn’t get much coverage about anything excpept what an evil person Sarah Palin was. Is that the media we should depend on now.
To depend on the message to be delivered by the MSM is not a tactic that has worked. The message I am getting is that Boehner is not on our side. He has given away every advantage he had.
“We will negotiate for the American People, but we will not allow the government to be shut down” gave the dems all they needed. Just wait and when the only option is what they want or shut down, he will give in. Happened just like that.
Gee - he gives the enemy the bullets to shoot him with.