Top Priority of Republican House: Add $700 Billion to the Federal Deficit
If you buy the bromide that Reagan was the great communicator, you will find it even easier to see Obama as the great equivocator. Last year during the health care fiasco, I watched Obama repeatedly fumble-fork explanations for why we need a public option. Now he is doing the same thing with his marshmallow response to the question of continuing the Bush tax cuts for millionaires. From the 60 Minutes interview:
KROFT: . . . Are you ready to compromise on the Bush tax breaks?
PRESIDENT OBAMA: I think we're gonna have to have a serious conversation about it. Here's an example where I'd like to think we could at least settle on those things we agree on. I think both Democrats and Republicans agree that for people making $250,000 a year or less, the last thing we want right now is to see their taxes go up. Not only would it be bad for them, but it'd be bad for the economy as a whole. Because those are the folks who are most likely to spend. And a lot of