Reply #36: "Voted AGAINST a middle class tax cut."

[sofa king]

That's what damned near every Republican up for reelection gets to run against in 2012.

The President gets to set the pace for the election by demanding separate votes on the middle class extensions and the rich peoples' extensions. Then the Dems get to hold the actual vote out of reach of the Republicans until after the election. Just to rile people up, they can force the Republicans to filibuster it in the Senate just before the August recess.

So we get to hammer them from now until then on an issue that like 70% of all voters will consider highly important, and the Republicans are upside down on it, can't change their records, can't vote on a further extension to redeem themselves, and can be forced to hold our taxes hostage again whenever we want, just to remind everyone what wankers they really are.

They're totally screwed.