Reply #31: They will do that anyway

[quakerboy]

The dems will not be getting credit for reducing taxes any more than they did in nov 2010. And instead of blaming tax cuts, they will blame deficit increases on the president. Plus they will have it back for a vote again in 2012, and they, with the aide of the MSM will be blaming Obama with a tax increase then. Is it better to get blamed for something right after an election or right before an election?

In addition, I predict that if this passes intact, it will not be too long before the GOP ratchets up the "SS is broke" talking point, only now they will point to Obama's tax cut there and blame him for destroying it. And I would far rather be falsely blamed for a tax increase than blamed for shorting SS.



as to 2) they already said they would accept the middle class tax cut without a tax cut for the rich, if they had no other option. But even if they had not stated it, I still strongly believe that they would have accepted both our version of tax cuts and a UI extension if we had taken them to the mat on it.