A week after Minority Leader John Boehner’s bobble on extension of the Bush tax cuts, Minority Whip Eric Cantor is making sure there is no doubt about his party’s position: “Republicans unequivocally oppose any impending tax increase. House Republicans have called on Speaker Pelosi to allow the House to vote on legislation that would freeze all tax rates for the next two years.” In short, the GOP is not about to let the Democrats out of the corner the White House has painted them into.
Cantor explains the Republicans’ logic:
The reality is that this tax hike is just one more step along the way to creating an anticompetitive new norm in this country marked by bigger government, less growth and structurally higher taxes and unemployment.
The strategy to achieve the progressive left’s endgame is simple. First comes the provocative class warfare rhetoric. Second comes the vast assumption of government control over the economy. Third comes the growth of government spending and entitlements. And alas, higher taxes on our nation’s job creators and workers.
The only way out of this economic morass is through innovation, entrepreneurship and economic freedom. President Obama’s impending tax increase is not just a hike on a few “millionaires and billionaires,” as the White House tries to frame it. Roughly half of all small business income in America will face a higher rate, making this tax increase a direct assault on job creation and innovation.
But there is another reason for the GOP to hold firm: the Obama maneuver has split his party, made his base uneasy, and made life even more difficult for Democrats in unsafe seats (which is practically all of them). The White House has led its party to a position that is both substantively flawed (the president himself declared it foolhardy to raise taxes in a recession) and politically unsustainable. Bad policy meets bad politics. It has certainly been the Democrats’ pattern in the Obama era.
Jennifer, please believe me when I tell you that I am exercising restraint here. I don’t believe in expressing gutteral vulgarities, even on line. So, may I simply observe how extraordinarily compliant you are to every single Republican you meet in that dim alleyway?
(Trolls, what trolls?, i don’t see no trolls.)
Palin went through the coals right after the convention. It was a good training ground
- learn from your mistakes, take a hit, get up, and swing back harder. I was very impressed with her performance, Biden looked an angry game show host. (Running Man)
I think the McCain team knew she was good on debates, but the interviews were a wild card. Its easier to talk to the American voters, than Charlie Gibson’s glasses. So, Team McCain, it seems your strategy is to stay upbeat and positive through everything and let Palin’s charisma and building self-confidence carry you to victory. Ok, i feel much better now, than this morning.
She did fine — she excelled and gained composure as the night wore on….the woman has been on the ticket for 5 weeks, while everyone else has been debating these issues for 2 years.
Look for new poll results — this game ain’t over yet.
As Murray Kempton would say:
She is fresh & everyone else is tired.
I must say I’m absolutely shocked! I fully expected unmitigated euphoria among the Contentions faithful. I thought the spin machine would be off the chain!
Instead I find a relatively subdued mood, reflective even, the spin machine at an even hum.
Why is this? I ask myself. Why aren’t the faithful beating their chests, and dashing any post by “Democrat” against the proverbial rocks?
And then it dawned on me…
Yes, Palin did OK in the debate, one can even say she did well, but not well enough!
Not well enough to move those independents, those once mighty Reagan Democrats, and those all important women who were Hillary supporters.
That’s it, that’s what she didn’t accomplish!
But most of all, the thing she didn’t accomplish, was stop Biden from looking Vice Presidential! Some might even say he looked Presidential!
Joe Biden was informative, on point, and like one of us!
But the main thing he did was let America know that he had the knowledge and leadership to be President!
Joe Biden looks like an excellent president for the movies. where none of his actual decisions would matter at all.
But the main thing he did was let America know that he had the knowledge and leadership to be President!
I think some people have been saying that for quite a while now. He’s certainly better qualified for the position than the guy on top of the ticket.
YbA: “I think some people have been saying that for quite a while now. He’s certainly better qualified for the position than the guy on top of the ticket.”
Obama handily won against Biden in the primaries.
Had Sarah Palin ran for President in the primaries we wouldn’t even be having this discussion.
Nuff said.
She helped herself and McCain enormously.
Going forward, no more MSM sit down interviews. Do townhalls and events and take questions from the trailing press and for that matter the people in the crowd. More talk radio.
Obama handily won against Biden in the primaries.
And? This doesn’t mean that the better candidate won. The trouble with Obama is that he is not the best qualified candidate from his party. To argue otherwise is dishonest.
Had Sarah Palin ran for President in the primaries we wouldn’t even be having this discussion.
Nuff said.
I agree with you completely. She is clearly not the best candidate that could be found in her party.
Now we know for certain where the demonstrated rat goes to ground.