That’s some real resolve, there. I’ve found empty threats to be amazingly effective!
In a speech scheduled for delivery Wednesday afternoon in Cleveland, Obama will restate his long-held position that the nation cannot afford to extend tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of families, White House officials said.
The officials added that Obama would not threaten to veto any compromise which extends the upper-bracket cuts, a position that has gained ground in recent weeks among moderates in both the House and Senate. But congressional sources said they were told to expect the president to try to stiffen Democratic spines in expectation of a showdown over income tax rates before the November midterm elections.
Uh huh. Right. I’m sure that’ll work just fine.
Obama likes to start the negotiations with the Repubs and ConservaDems and Corporatists by letting them know his words to the rubes (that’s us the voters) are meaningless.
(How’s that renegotiation of NAFTA coming along, BO? Oh, yeah, you did let the Canadians know there wouldn’t be any such thing, it was just words for the rubes.)
He pre-compromises with them, and then compromises even more to the right’s position.
Worthless DINO dreck. Dangerous, but worthless to us rubes.
In order to ‘stiffen’ some spines, don’t the Pretenda-Dems have to actually have one (each)? No indication since 2006 that that is actually the case.