Comments on: No, Obama doesn’t have a mandate to raise taxes on the rich

By: BigGator5

BigGator5 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:51:15 +0000

Let it burn! dczombie on November 20, 2012 at 1:15 PM

This. +1,000,000,000

By: Ira

Ira — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:37:56 +0000

So she is saying, “Don’t gore my oxen!”

By: rockmom

rockmom — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:25:21 +0000

Besides, the point of this campaign isn’t to actually raise taxes at all. Obama knows weverything that Estrich says here is true. But that isn’t the point. The point is to make Republicans vote to raise taxes, which they believe will permanently split the GOP from its funding sources, or else continue to paint themselves as the Party of the Rich.

Democrats have made “asking the wealthy to pay a little bit more” a new wedge issue. As with all wedge issues, the point is not to actually get what you want and solve the problem, the point is to make your opponent appear extreme and out of the mainstream. Once out GOP leaders get their heads out of their rears and figure this out, they can act accordingly.

By: rockmom

rockmom — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:20:55 +0000

Oh please. She stated with the article saying that she voted for Obama because Roe v. wade might be overturned and that there was a question about getting contraceptives. Also she wants Obamacare. Ok honey, how in the world do you think your taxes won’t go up with an expensive program like Obamacare. People are so freaking ridiculous. I say tax her and tax her hard!

mrscullen on November 20, 2012 at 1:26 PM

Honestly, I think all liberals think health care for all is going to be paid for with Magic Health Care Beans or something.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 20:07:47 +0000

Tough crowd.

I’m just pleasantly surprised that Susan Estrich rejects this class warfare. Which gives me hope that perhaps a sizable portion of Obama voters are not in favor of giving him a blank check to raise taxes, and might even support resistance from the House on this one issue.

Some times, you take whatever alliance you can get.

By: Jack Deth

Jack Deth — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:37:31 +0000

Susan. Susan. Susan.

Being a drunken, slobbering blonde sorority chick may have worked when you were eighteen or nineteen.

Not so much when you’ve been irrelevant for years and you’re three weeks shy of 60.

Go crawl back in your bottle and go away.

By: Shump

Shump — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:25:45 +0000

So Susan thought that Obama was the right man for the job, except that the main economic policy he has spoken about for two years?

By: rgranger

rgranger — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:24:10 +0000

Or only hope is the States passing legislation reaffirming the 10th amendment separation and where we believe the commerce clause ends. Maybe even saying the 17th took rights away from the state and that wasn’t constitutional for residents going forward.

By: pain train

pain train — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 19:03:34 +0000

So, Susan supports charities?

By: harlekwin15

harlekwin15 — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:52:28 +0000

Susan you are simply reinforcing my belief that telling Boner to hop over the cliff and then working with O to screw you is the right move.

let it burn.