Left sees tax surrender, says Obama reelection bid now crippled
By Sam Youngman - 12/07/10 06:00 AM ET
President Obama could be crippling his own reelection effort by making a deal with Republicans to extend all of the Bush-era tax cuts, Democratic strategists and liberal groups said Monday.
A two-year extension of tax rates ushered in by President George W. Bush nearly a decade ago, would ensure a resumption of today’s fiery debate in 2012, when Obama is expected to reapply for his job, strategists in both parties said.
It also is angering the left wing of the Democratic Party, which already has a long list of complaints about Obama.
“President Obama has shown a complete refusal to fight Republicans throughout his presidency even when the public is on his side — and millions of his former supporters are now growing disappointed and infuriated by this refusal to fight,” said Adam Green, co-founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.
It will be interesting to see if the Dems do actually run against Obama. I doubt another old white guy has a chance. Maybe they need to pluck a Hispanic community organizer out of obscurity this time?
Thomas Sowell: There are no solutions, just trade-offs.
