David Plouffe, senior Obama advisor:
“Obviously, we tried to reach a deficit deal with the Republicans. We got very close and didn’t get there. I think this election is going to make clear, I think, to the country and hopefully to members of Congress that we’re willing to do a lot of tough things – cut further spending, reform entitlements in the right way – but asking a little more from the wealthy has to be part of the answer.”
Nails the difference between D’s and R’s.
Both want to kill the New Deal and Great Society and even Nixon’s programs.
D’s believe, as Herbert Hoover did, that we need to raise taxes to reduce the deficit.
R’s give lip service to the deficit when a D is in the WH, but mostly agree with Cheney that the deficit doesn’t matter (I agree).
We are so screwed.