The were some interesting spots in the clip below, but one thing that jumped out at me was toward the end of the clip. Obama, to the horror of every progressive in the country, demonstrated that he knows exactly how tax cuts work, stating that he is willing work on "lowering tax rates on everyone which would broaden the tax base". Otherwise known as supply-side economics, or Reaganomics. Not to worry though lefties. He stuck with his main theme of raising taxes and bashing the wealthy. He may know how the economy works, but he is, after all, a dedicated Marxist.
The Republicans seem to have learned their lesson, appearing to stand strong, after getting rolled on the last budget deal at the beginning of the year. The question is whether the Democrats have learned their lesson. After taking marching orders from Obama on crafting the unpopular Healthcare Reform bill, they got shellacked in November.We've seen this Obama before. He sits back while Congress debates, offering no plan, and as time starts to run out he comes in as a 'moderator', acting as if only he can get these things done. No ideas. No budgets. Nada. Just press briefings with class warfare rhetoric, and admonitions to Congress to get things done.
His message to the American public is that we need to come up with a solution. But, what are his ideas? We have been told of how brilliant he is. We've been told that he has a near genius I.Q. Yet he offers no solutions. We know more about his golf handicap than of any brilliant solutions he has. I'm sure that his fingerprints are all over the Democrat plan, but they are the ones that are going to take the political bullet from the voters, while Obama tries to appear to be the calm at the eye of the storm.
Republicans seem to have finally woken up to this tactic. The American public has been awake for a lot longer. Speaker Boehner, Minority Leader McConnell, and the rest of the Republicans would do well to remember that.
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