Nancy Pelosi: No Fiscal Cliff Deal Without Tax Hikes For Rich

The president announced, from the get-go, before any pressure by Republicans, that he doesn't really mean it when he says he won't budge, so my strongest hope is for Pelosi. She is more likely to get Democrats to stand strong against any deal to allow the rich to keep their Bush tax cuts.

Pelosi has much more backbone than Obama. What is wrong with him that after 4 years of being used as a door mat by the minority party, he still expresses his willingness to yield before negotiations even begin, before the Republicans even make their demands? That is gross incompetence as a negotiator.

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Nancy Pelosi has been no friend to Democratic voters.  See here.  And here.  

Obama has been able to cut deals with Boehner that have been bad for the 99% because Pelosi has  delivered the votes he needed, over the objections of her own caucus.  The war supplemental that included the $108 billion in IMF funding, the healthcare bill with the anti-choice language and no public option, the deal to extend the Bush tax cuts and the Libya war defunding vote are just a few prominent examples.

The latest union- and job-killing free trade bills, S.Korea AFTA and CAFTA - Pelosi voted yea.

And H.R.347: Goodbye, First Amendment: ‘Trespass Bill’ will make protest illegal, outlaws protests in instances where some government officials are nearby, whether or not you even know it, anywhere in the country.- Pelosi voted yea.

And look who voted for NDAA - Pelosi!

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