The Audacity© of "Room For Us To Compromise" with the GOP on extending Bush Tax Cuts

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Obama looks to cut deal with GOP on Bush tax hikes



By Agence France-Presse
Saturday, November 6th, 2010 -- 10:41 am

Republicans have said they will fight to make all of the cuts permanent during a "lame-duck" session due to start the week of November 15, and Obama's words left open the prospect of a temporary extension for those at the top.

"Something's got to be done. And I believe there's room for us to compromise and get it done together," said Obama, who admonished his fired-up foes "the campaign season is over."

"This a great opportunity to show everyone that we got the message and that we're willing, in this post-election season, to come together and do what's best for the country we all love," he said.

Senator-elect Marco Rubio, a Republican rising star, charged in his party's radio rebuttal that Obama had set the United States on "nothing short of a path to ruin, a path that threatens to diminish us as a nation and a people."

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/obama-cut-deal-gop-bush-tax-hikes/

[jaxx]

1. Senator-elect Marco Rubio, a Republican rising star...

Looks like Scott Brown has a rival. :rofl:

[bigtree]

2. the heading frames this in a misleading way

The administration BEGINS with the proposition that MIDDLE CLASS tax cuts should be made PERMANENT and the Bush cuts for the wealthy should be allowed to EXPIRE in the near future. That's not anywhere close to 'capitulation' or whatever form of appeasment critics want to paint it as.

[Naturyl]

3. We mistook that face for a determined, fighting face.

Apparently, it was just gas.

[Tesha]

4. With Obama, there's always room for compromise! (NT)