Reply #6: I happen to think Obama is much smarter than most here

[Uben]

.....so I'm gonna let him lead, too. I know he has strategists working on all this stuff, and I figure they're pretty smart, too.

See the jobs report today?

See the stock market today?

Not good news for republicans, great for Obama.

Republican goals: make Obama fail, block as much legislation as possible, work towards winning 2012 election.

With the economy picking up steam, letting the middle-class tax cuts expire would be like throwing water on a fire. That would be ideal for republicans. Economy depressed, giving better shot at taking WH in 2012. But, actually voting against the tax cuts for the middle-class could be risky, so they make us throw in the tax cuts for the rich, hoping that dems opt for letting all expire instead of just the cuts for the 2%. Mission accomplished.

It is a chess game. And, I think Obama knows what he's doing.