https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/10/a-bipartisan-solution-to-the-fiscal-cliff-a-clintonromney-commission/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 06:14:45 -0400<![CDATA[Obama’s campaign derided Romney’s business experience (something Obama may now regret), but the president can make amends by asking Romney to join this national effort. For his part, Romney may have his own regrets about the tone of the campaign — and may have a desire to make a genuine contribution to solve a problem on which he campaigned. This is his chance to set aside his rhetoric — he can’t really believe that the deficit can be solved with zero new revenue, including from individuals as wealthy as he is, and he has to leave behind the man who declined in the Republican primaries to even contemplate a deficit-reduction package that was nine parts spending-reduction to one part revenue-raising. Instead, he can be the man who built companies and pragmatically parsed their business plans to both cut costs and raise revenue — and brought them back to health.]]>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 20:30:30 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/10/a-bipartisan-solution-to-the-fiscal-cliff-a-clintonromney-commission-n97363