THE MAJORITY AND COMMON SENSE WIN ! Thanks Dems and President Obama ! [View All]

[RBInMaine]

I strongly oppose PERMANENT tax cuts for the rich, and did not all even like the temporary extension, but Obama and his team FORCED the RePUKES to damn well cave on a lot of progressive measures, ended their logjamming, and in the end we have a deal supported by large majorities of the country, averted a big middle tax hike when we could least afford it economically or politically, ended some of the uncertainty blocking economic investment, and got the best deal possible under the circumstances. It would have been a political death knell for Dems to have blocked this bill at THIS juncture when we are struggling out of a recession. On Jan. 1st, taxes would have gone up dramatically on the middle class, and Obama and Dems would have been blamed. Like it or not, the rules are the rules and numbers are the numbers, and compromise, the very foundation of the nation, MUST occur if anything in this REAL world is going to get done.

Make no mistake. Did you listen to the debate? MANY RePUKES despise this deal because for them it doesn't do nearly ENOUGH for the rich and super rich, and it does too much for the unemployed and middle class. BUT THEY CAVED because they knew THEY would have been toast if they didn't.

We WILL continue to FIGHT over the idea of PERMANENT tax cuts for the rich, and we WILL WIN on that argument in the long run. BUT, THIS is what had to happen at THIS juncture.

I think we are in for a pretty good 2011 for our party if we stay united and focused on our plan of economic progress, rebuilding infrastructure, and investing in American manufacturing and make those differences CLEAR as compared to RePUKE trickle down and logjamming.
RePUKES can't just be against everything. They have to be FOR something, and Americans want them to compromise too and get things done. If they don't, out they fucking go in 2012.

In the short term, right now, this compromise had to occur. SMART that enough House Dems supported it to make it happen and that Obama led on getting it done. It will have a net positive impact on the economic short term, and those who supported it will be rewarded. A large majority of our population supports it. And again, make no mistake, on PERMANENT tax cuts for the rich, we WILL fight again soon and WILL win on that question too.