Obama asked Bill Clinton to the White House to help bail him out of the hammering he is taking from members of his own party because of the tax deal he made with the GOP.
After their meeting he brought Clinton to the press room instead of speaking to the press alone as any other President would have done. What happened was that Clinton took the podium and began fielding questions from the press.
Obama than ditches the tax-cut presser after Clinton takes control. "I've been keeping the first lady waiting so I'm going to take off" said Obama.
Krauthammer gets a shout out from Clinton at the White House briefing. During an interview with Sean Hannity, Krauthamner responds "when you get praise from President Clinton and you're from my side, you're done."Blog author's comments - Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's tax-cut deal with Obama and the Democrats was a very weak showing by the GOP party. The GOP settled too fast and for far too little.
After the bashing the Dems took last month the Republicans had the upper hand. Obama had to make a decision and the GOP gave him a sweet deal.
Let the tax rates go up on January 1st. The Democrats had two years to deal with this. The new Congress coming in will fix it, if the Republican leadership will allow it.
They should have told Obama that the Bush 'tax rates' which have been in place for seven years should be made permanent. Also, at most an additional three months of unemployment benefits and after that it is over, no more! Presently the unemployed can receive 99 weeks of government checks. Now they will receive an additional 13 months of government hand outs.
The two year extension of the current tax rates will do nothing for the economy. If the tax rates were made permanent many companies would know were they stand with regard to taxes and would feel better about investing to expand their business and hire more workers.
Nothing's changing. Tax rates are staying the same. Why should we settle for that? We won the election. If the Republicans announced clearly that their intention is to ensure a longer term lock-in on the rates, or even cut them, then it would help settle some of the anxiety. Where is the Republican vision? Do they have one?
They should have left the ball in Obama's court. Tell him this is the deal, if you don't like it, you decide what you want to do. So the GOP has gained nothing and the government is spending more money.
It seems to me the old guard of the GOP is using the same old play book. They should get out of the way in January when the new conservatives arrive and give them a chance to govern.
If this does not happen the GOP will be giving the Democrats a win and Obama a second term in 2012. This will crush the country.
video via: HAP
