what if Prez Obama said he will veto any bill with tax cuts for top 2%

[quinnox]

And went on to say that this stance was not up for discussion and was his final decision.

So there is room for compromise on the other tax cuts but this part was non-negotiable. I think the left would rally around the president big time and he would be seen as a strong leader by independent voters too. People like to see strength, not weakness or being wishy-washy.

[rug]

1. You're right.

[HopeHoops]

2. I think that's what he should do. Throw down the gauntlet.

[stray cat]

3. He would veto a tax cut for the lower and middle class

[mkultra]

9. that doesnt make any sense

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. I'd rally around that..as soon as I recovered from the shock of hearing him say it.

Alas, I fear that my nervous system is in no danger.

[quinnox]

10. lol

I'll admit I was day dreaming a bit with my OP.

[mkultra]

5. then the tax cuts for all woudl expire and Obama would lose

on the issue of raising taxes. The GOP would hammer him over the issue which would confoundedly confusing to most. he would be made out to look like a flip flopper as well as a "tax and spend" liberal.

[county worker]

7. He would have done the one thing that could have the biggest effect on deficit reduction.

Obama lets all tax cuts expire, then he announces that there is no longer any reason to include entitlements in the deficit reduction debate since 7 billion of the deficit is taken care of with the end of the Bush tax cuts. Then he cuts military spending and stimulates the economy with a jobs bill.

Now there is a winning combination.

[mkultra]

11. and like i said, he would get hammered by the GOP on it

and would lose the midterm due to impact such an event would have on the low information indies.

[county worker]

13. Something nobody seems to want to accept. Obama will be hammered by the right no matter what he doe...

It's a great thing that we measure what our outcomes should be by the amount of hammering the right will do.

Don't you think it's about time we do what's right for people and let the right hammer away. Fox News, Hannity, Limbaugh, Savage, et. al. hammer Obama daily.

[TwilightGardener]

14. It's not the hammering that's the concern--it's whether or not the accusations against him

are accepted as true by voters. They seem right now to believe he raised their taxes, and he cut them for most people. Obama's administration is probably very aware that the truth seems to mean little--but that's their problem to overcome.

[county worker]

15. 'but that's their problem to overcome'

You spoke volumes there and I don't know why they don't fight as hard as they did before the 2008 election. They had a web site why you could post the lies the right put out. I haven't checked lately on it.

[TwilightGardener]

17. Yes--a permanent "war room" is needed--I'm not sure they have one.

[mkultra]

18. the only hammering that ever matters is the kind that gets traction

and the tax and spend label always does.

[wizstars]

19. he already lost the midterm..... n/t

[mkultra]

23. thats a laugh, his approval ratings are awesome

He didn't lose it, congress lost the midterms.

[county worker]

6. You are right but I'll bet dollars to donuts that it won't happen.

Obama's MO is to have a solution that results from compromise. It is not so much the out come that matters, but that the outcome is a result of compromise.

I begin to think there will never be a unilateral Dem designed outcome.

[TwilightGardener]

8. I'd go along with that, but then the cuts would all expire, and I don't know

how the spin will be spun--could end up a disaster in 2012.

[Tatiana]

12. I think all Dems should mirror Pelosi on this issue.

(snip)

On another critical issue the House must tend to and soon, the extension of the Bush tax cuts, Pelosi sounded like she was not in a mood to compromise:

"Well, our position in the House has been we support the tax cuts for the middle — for everyone, but not an additional tax cut at the high end.

It’s too costly. It’s $700 billion. One year would be around $70 billion. That’s a lot of money to give a tax cut at the high end. And I remind you that those tax cuts have been in effect for a very long time, they did not create jobs."

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2010/11/11/131248559/pelosi-we-don-t-let-republicans-choose-our-leaders

[donco6]

16. I'd applaud it - but until the ink was dry, I'm not sure I'd believe it.

At least not without reservation.

[archiemo]

20. +10000...I couldn't agree more! STAND UP AND FIGHT ON THIS ONE!!

[BrklynLiberal]

21. What if the Queen had balls...then she would be King

Don't hold your breath waiting for that statement from the White House

[WingDinger]

22. Declaring intransigence, is the stupidest move possible.

[GeorgeGist]

24. Action speaks ...

more eloquently than words.