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Obama Twists Own Arm, Says "Uncle" to Extending Bush Tax Cuts

Political mastermind David Axelrod says the White House is ready to cave in the wake of imaginary overwhelming pressure to extend all of the Bush tax cuts, exacerbating the "deficit" problem they've been completely obsessed with:

Political mastermind David Axelrod says the White House is ready to cave in the wake of imaginary overwhelming pressure to extend all of the Bush tax cuts, exacerbating the "deficit" problem they've been completely obsessed with:

President Barack Obama's top adviser
suggested to The Huffington Post late Wednesday that the administration
was ready to accept an across-the-board continuation of steep Bush-era
tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest taxpayers.

That appears to be the only way, said
David Axelrod, that middle-class taxpayers can keep their tax cuts,
given the legislative and political realities facing Obama in the
aftermath of last week's electoral defeat.

"We have to deal with the world as we
find it," Axelrod said during an unusually candid and reflective
90-minute interview in his office, steps away from the Oval Office.
"The world of what it takes to get this done."

Me or David Axelrod -- one of us does not understand how congress works.

Lame duck. Democrats still have the majority in the House. So they
pass extensions for the middle class, excluding the ones for the
wealthy.

All funding bills have to start in the House. And since a rather
large number of Democrats aren't worried about reelection at the moment,
there's not much downside for them.

Then the bill goes to the Senate. And at that point, Axelrod is worried the Republicans are going to filibuster the tax cuts?

Seriously?

I mean, THAT'S what he's afraid of?

If Axelrod is the "political genius" guiding the Democrats these
days, they should consider themselves lucky it wasn't 100 seats.

Update: Kagro points out that they passed the Bush
tax cuts through reconciliation the first time, and they could go that
route again. But I guess we're going to have another round of "pass the hot potato" like we did on the public option.

[Ed. Note/Update: The "genius" keeps on coming. Axe tries to walk back his HufPo comments. . . kinda sorta.]

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Political mastermind David Axelrod says the White House is ready to cave in the wake of imaginary overwhelming pressure to extend all of the Bush tax cuts, exacerbating the "deficit" problem they've been completely obsessed with:

President Barack Obama's top adviser
suggested to The Huffington Post late Wednesday that the administration
was ready to accept an across-the-board continuation of steep Bush-era
tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest taxpayers.

That appears to be the only way, said
David Axelrod, that middle-class taxpayers can keep their tax cuts,
given the legislative and political realities facing Obama in the
aftermath of last week's electoral defeat.

"We have to deal with the world as we
find it," Axelrod said during an unusually candid and reflective
90-minute interview in his office, steps away from the Oval Office.
"The world of what it takes to get this done."

Me or David Axelrod -- one of us does not understand how congress works.

Lame duck. Democrats still have the majority in the House. So they
pass extensions for the middle class, excluding the ones for the
wealthy.

All funding bills have to start in the House. And since a rather
large number of Democrats aren't worried about reelection at the moment,
there's not much downside for them.

Then the bill goes to the Senate. And at that point, Axelrod is worried the Republicans are going to filibuster the tax cuts?

Seriously?

I mean, THAT'S what he's afraid of?

If Axelrod is the "political genius" guiding the Democrats these
days, they should consider themselves lucky it wasn't 100 seats.

Update: Kagro points out that they passed the Bush
tax cuts through reconciliation the first time, and they could go that
route again. But I guess we're going to have another round of "pass the hot potato" like we did on the public option.

[Ed. Note/Update: The "genius" keeps on coming. Axe tries to walk back his HufPo comments. . . kinda sorta.]

Political mastermind David Axelrod says the White House is ready to cave in the wake of imaginary overwhelming pressure to extend all of the Bush tax cuts, exacerbating the "deficit" problem they've been completely obsessed with:

President Barack Obama's top adviser
suggested to The Huffington Post late Wednesday that the administration
was ready to accept an across-the-board continuation of steep Bush-era
tax cuts, including those for the wealthiest taxpayers.

That appears to be the only way, said
David Axelrod, that middle-class taxpayers can keep their tax cuts,
given the legislative and political realities facing Obama in the
aftermath of last week's electoral defeat.

"We have to deal with the world as we
find it," Axelrod said during an unusually candid and reflective
90-minute interview in his office, steps away from the Oval Office.
"The world of what it takes to get this done."

Me or David Axelrod -- one of us does not understand how congress works.

Lame duck. Democrats still have the majority in the House. So they
pass extensions for the middle class, excluding the ones for the
wealthy.

All funding bills have to start in the House. And since a rather
large number of Democrats aren't worried about reelection at the moment,
there's not much downside for them.

Then the bill goes to the Senate. And at that point, Axelrod is worried the Republicans are going to filibuster the tax cuts?

Seriously?

I mean, THAT'S what he's afraid of?

If Axelrod is the "political genius" guiding the Democrats these
days, they should consider themselves lucky it wasn't 100 seats.

Update: Kagro points out that they passed the Bush
tax cuts through reconciliation the first time, and they could go that
route again. But I guess we're going to have another round of "pass the hot potato" like we did on the public option.

[Ed. Note/Update: The "genius" keeps on coming. Axe tries to walk back his HufPo comments. . . kinda sorta.]

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