November 25, 2011
SUPPLY-SIDER IN CHIEF:
In N.H., Obama Touts Tax Break (Christi Parsons, 11/23/11, Chicago Tribune)President Obama visited New Hampshire to highlight the next big fight in Washington, as he urged Congress to not "be a Grinch" by allowing tax cuts to expire after the holidays and cost the average middle-class family $1,000 in 2012.
In a less-than-jolly assessment of Republican motives yesterady, Obama said the GOP's votes against his jobs plan this fall were essentially votes to hike taxes, because one provision of the plan would have preserved the tax breaks.
"The question they'll have to answer when they get back from Thanksgiving is this: Are they really willing to break their oath to never raise taxes, and raise taxes on the middle class just to play politics?" Obama said.
The UR's problem in NH is that his entire general campaign here was based on opposition to reforming health care, a la John McCain.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 25, 2011 8:12 AM
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