White House Privately Pushing Data Showing Bush Tax Cut Extension Politically Popular

I agree.  

I think what's particular­ly noteworthy is that this is being done by Obama, being used against the base of the Democratic Party.

Obama's deal throws Democratic constituen­ts and those that the Democratic Party is known to champion (the poor, middle classes, the elderly, the disenfranc­hised) under the bus.

The extension of unemployme­nt for 13 months is a drop in the bucket, and it doesn't cover the 99ers (those whose unemployme­nt has run out).  This deal does nothing to develop jobs, and as anyone who has gotten unemployme­nt knows, it's d@mned near impossible to live off of.

Do you know that every single item in the deal that Obama claims was a win for Democrats is actually all Republican initiated?  

I keep trying to remind people of what was reported in the NYT last week:

"Privately, Obama describes himself as a Blue Dog Democrat."

Americans, particular­ly Democratic voters, are getting played, big time.
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