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Obama To Discuss His Middle Class Tax Cuts Proposal this Afternoon

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Obama Administration
Posted on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 02:13:33 PM EST
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The President has to stay on the issue of his middle class tax cuts and the GOP attempt to hold them hostage in favor of tax cuts for the rich. And it looks like he will:

The White House has added an event to today's schedule for President Obama. An administration source tells TPM that Obama should be expected to mention the tax cuts debate raging on Capitol Hill.

Stick to your guns Mr. President. He did, hammered the Republicans. Now what to do about the Blue Dogs?

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    Obama To Discuss His Middle Class Tax Cuts Proposal this Afternoon | 15 comments (15 topical)

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    if the dems stay on offense (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by Turkana on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 03:20:13 PM EST
    and the gop stays offensive...

    I think I see Peter Orszag's (5.00 / 2) (#6)
    by KeysDan on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 04:13:24 PM EST
    trial balloon landing on Queen Victoria's desk in the Oval Office, although, in all likelihood, it did not have to float very far at all.

    If He Does Not Make an Explicit Veto Threat (none / 0) (#1)
    by msaroff on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 03:05:59 PM EST
    Over the Republicans proposed Paris Hilton tax cuts, then he will have ceded the high ground before negociation starts, yet again.

    So Then (none / 0) (#2)
    by squeaky on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 03:08:54 PM EST
    Since he has not yet threatened a veto, he has already ceeded to the GOP?

    Did I get that right?

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    president obama has guns? (none / 0) (#4)
    by cpinva on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 03:27:50 PM EST
    Stick to your guns Mr. President

    coulda fooled me.

    Keeping his powder dry--for something. (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by oculus on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 05:31:23 PM EST


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    If he has them (none / 0) (#7)
    by ruffian on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 04:46:07 PM EST
    He may want to use them on Steny Hoyer

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    Notes from Obama's statement (none / 0) (#5)
    by BTAL on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 03:57:32 PM EST

    ...

    Middle-class families need the "relief" from tax benefits, Obama says, calling the tax cuts for them "right." He adds: "We don't have time for any more games. I understand there's an election coming up. But the American people didn't send us here to think about our jobs. They sent us here to think about theirs."

    Obama wraps up, thanking lawmakers again for acting on the small-business bill. "I hope we can work together to do the same thing on middle-class tax relief in the weeks to come," he says.

    Walking back to the White House with his cabinet, Obama ignores shouted questions from reporters, including one on whether Obama would veto a bill if it included tax cuts for the rich.
    Email Jeralyn directly. (none / 0) (#9)
    by sarcastic unnamed one on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 05:05:33 PM EST
    She zaps 'em good.

    Obama should lead by setting an example (none / 0) (#10)
    by samsguy18 on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 05:24:26 PM EST
    He needs to stop playing games......The American people deserve a President invested in what's best for the country.

    The Dem Leadership (none / 0) (#13)
    by PatHat on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 06:38:02 PM EST
    has to resist the urge to help the Blue Dogs do what is WRONG. The Congressmen from MS and GA are pushing to extend all the tax cuts because they don't want to be tarred with the epithet "tax increaser". But tell me truly, how does letting the tax rates increase on the rich folks make those Congressmen less attractive to the voters in those two relatively poor states?  It's a stupid argument and if Pelosi goes along with a compromise, she should lose the Speakership.

    Remind the blue dogs of the (none / 0) (#14)
    by oldpro on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 06:43:29 PM EST
    eventual outcome for Senator Maria Cantwell, who lost her House seat in the Gingrich revolution over her vote for the Clinton budget taxing 'the rich'...became 'rich' herself working for an IT company, invested her dollars in herself as a senate candidate and got rid of Senator Slade Gorton!  Worked for me!

    Yes.  There is life after doing the right thing.

    Good luck (none / 0) (#15)
    by diogenes on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 07:35:04 PM EST
    "For this pair, one press release announcing their opposition to Obama's plan was not enough. They were two of 31 jittery Democrats who signed a letter urging Pelosi, D-Calif., and Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., to abandon the Obama plan and extend to everyone the Bush-era tax cuts due to expire at the end of the year, according to one of its authors, Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah."

    well, they could always be shot. (none / 0) (#16)
    by cpinva on Wed Sep 15, 2010 at 08:37:23 PM EST
    but i guess that might be considered extreme, and probably rightfully so. in lieu of that, how about moving their offices into the men's room?

    it would be an appropriate location for them.

    His dogs should have always (none / 0) (#17)
    by Militarytracy on Thu Sep 16, 2010 at 09:21:35 AM EST
    been wearing his collars.  Every great policy making woman knows this as well as anyone who breeds big bossy dogs :)  I don't care what my dogs personalities are, I'm the boss.

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