Congressional Democrats are apparently outraged at this tax cut deal the President has struck with GOP leaders. I would have a little more sympathy for them if- oh I don't know- maybe they would have pushed this tax issue before the election! They had the public support, they still do! Maybe if they had forced the Republicans to reveal their hand on this issue before November 2nd, the election wouldn't have been such a bloodbath.
Granted, I agree with them. But where the hell were they when they had a perfect opportunity to do something about it before this deal was struck? Oh that's right, they were cowering in fear. No wonder Dems have the reputation for being wimps. It's because they are... until it's too late to make a difference.
Joan Walsh on Hardball tonight made a great point (her comment on this begins at around the 4:30 mark). She explained how over the last 30 years the entire political debate has moved to the right. We've had wealth get more and more top heavy, and so much deregulation that Wall Street has become so powerful, that we now have essentially two parties that do everything on their behalf.
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