HE JUST WANTS TO BE LED:

Democrats angry over Obama tax deal talk (CARRIE BUDOFF BROWN, 11/11/10, Politico)

[I]n the eyes of liberal and moderate Democrats alike, President Barack Obama has blinked — even before the new House Republican majority takes office.

Between Obama’s weekly address Saturday and comments Wednesday by his senior adviser David Axelrod, the White House has made clear that it intends to compromise — ceding to Republican demands to extend the high-end tax cuts temporarily in exchange for renewing the middle-class tax cuts due to expire at year’s end.