Read the article and it sounds right to me. It's a little strange, since grabbing what Boehner was offering, $800 billion in taxes which seems to have included rolling back the Bush tax cuts on the top 2.5% and maybe the Dem estate tax package, would have given the Dems more bragging rights too-they have been pushing for the upper-tier rollback for quite a while.
The article says:
That's lowering the tax rate on the richest. There is no chance the GOP would agree to anything they couldn't argue was a tax cut. If they are too afraid of their caucus to go back with a plan that's 3/4 spending cuts, that's their issue.
Democrats and Obama should be uniting around a simple message. We and Republicans agree we can't agree. Let's take an easy step to raise the ceiling clean and enough to get us past the next election, we'll both present visions and you decide at the voting booth how you want to reduce the debt. Anyone who votes to let us default is responsible for what happens.
The Potomac two step? The tune, the music changed Nov. 2. 2010. The vision, it's tune and beat may take a little getting use to.
