"GOP retreat on taxes likely if Obama wins" by Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, at WP

[applegrove]

GOP retreat on taxes likely if Obama wins

By Lori Montgomery and Paul Kane, at WP

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/gop-retreat-on-taxes-likely-if-obama-wins/2012/09/20/49948828-0330-11e2-9b24-ff730c7f6312_story.html

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Senior Republicans say they will be forced to retreat on taxes if President Obama wins a second term in November, clearing the biggest obstacle to a deal with Democrats to defuse a year-end budget bomb that threatens to rock the U.S. economy.

Republicans have long resisted tax increases of any kind. But taxes are a major battleground in the campaign between Obama and Republican Mitt Romney, Capitol Hill veterans say, and the victor will be able to claim a mandate for his policies.

“This is a referendum on taxes,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a senior member of the House Budget Committee. “If the president wins reelection, taxes are going up” for the nation’s wealthiest households, and “there’s not a lot we can do about that.”

With Election Day still more than six weeks away and the president holding a thin lead in national polls, Republicans say they are not conceding that an Obama victory is the likely outcome. But they are beginning to plan for that possibility.

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[elleng]

1. In spite of what Boner said?

'Senior repugs' check w cantor?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014239733

LET'S GIVE HIM A CONGRESS HE CAN WORK WITH!
CONTRIBUTE:

http://www.powellforva.com/contribute
http://www.robzerban.com/
http://congressmanwithguts.com/
http://www.tammyduckworth.com/
http://www.delaney2012.com/
http://www.gillanforcongress.com/
http://jimgraves.com/

http://elizabethwarren.com/splash-pages/learnmoretoday?utm_expid=49474463-0

[JRLeft]

2. It sounds great, but we should know better.

Soreburn is a liar.

[southernyankeebelle]

3. In other words let's wait and see how voter suppression will help us.