So if Obama wants to dig his own political grave... I say let him!
It’s probably a little too soon to know what this tax package really does or does not due. That said, given that we must still contend with the Senate and WH in Marxist control, I think we got a pretty good deal. No I don’t like extending unemployment, but—as you say—it’s only gonna aggravate the unemployment numbers. Looking at it that way I think The White House Usurper shot himself in the foot. High unemployment numbers will insure a Marxist defeat in 2012.
As for the estate tax, this can be fixed in two years once the gang of commies are run out of Washington.
All told, I think what has happened is exactly what many of us want to happen. The Marxist agenda is already being beaten back and the new folks are not even in office yet. In the absence of any other info, I think the stage has been set for relentless reversal of the Onada agenda over the next two years. Then conservatives will take back the Senate and WH.
It took over 50 years to bring the country to this sorry state. One mid-term election is not gonna turn things around on a dime. That does not mean we allow those folks we elected to get comfortable. They need constant reminding that we are watching them and will hold them accountable.