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kpete

(71,900 posts)
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 07:02 PM Dec 2012

White House's "IRON STANCE: NO new Offers until GOP drops opposition to raising top tax rates"

The President will not change his offer - until the GOP tells Grover Norquist he has lost.

WSJ:

A senior administration official said the White House would make NO new offers until Republicans changed their opposition to raising top tax rates.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323751104578151322684021276.html

The WSJ tucks this bombshell at the end of the sixth graf of its cliff story today: “A senior administration official said the White House would make no new offers until Republicans changed their opposition to raising top tax rates.” Reminds us of the Civil War headline Playbook never tires of quoting: “IMPORTANT IF TRUE.” Turns out the support moratorium on bargaining is slightly overstated. But the White House – recognizing, as top Republicans do privately, that it holds most of the cards -- is maintaining an iron stance: “fair to say no deal gets done till Republicans move on rates for the wealthiest. ... The White House has learned it lessons from summer of 2011 and won't negotiate with itself. .... We won't punt. It’s not an option. President campaigned on this and won.”

http://www.politico.com/playbook/

MORE HERE:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/12/01/1166459/-White-House-No-new-Offers-until-GOP-drops-opposition-to-tax-increases
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White House's "IRON STANCE: NO new Offers until GOP drops opposition to raising top tax rates" (Original Post) kpete Dec 2012 OP
Hehehe ElboRuum Dec 2012 #1
No kiddin'. And, I would offer, It's about damn time. Volaris Dec 2012 #6
We've got our foots on their neck. Time now to put them in the dustbin of history coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #21
Hold the line DJ13 Dec 2012 #2
delicious.... mike_c Dec 2012 #3
Typical ProSense Dec 2012 #4
Brutal. Welcome to the world of the Re-elected Democratic President. Deal with it. libdem4life Dec 2012 #5
How Dare Obama Flatpicker Dec 2012 #7
Is that like an "Iron Dome"? GeorgeGist Dec 2012 #8
hey naysayers loyalkydem Dec 2012 #9
I prefer to call it the "give em more paint" stance. grantcart Dec 2012 #10
AHHHH LAWDY....some one catch me! DearAbby Dec 2012 #11
+1 freshwest Dec 2012 #12
Oh, now, THIS is fun. Squinch Dec 2012 #13
They got 2 extra years of Bush tax cuts Cresent City Kid Dec 2012 #14
So total cuts to Medicare would be over a trillion dollars? former-republican Dec 2012 #15
k & r! nt wildbilln864 Dec 2012 #16
So much for trying to make him a one term President! sheshe2 Dec 2012 #17
Damned browser! Plucketeer Dec 2012 #18
Damned right. If my taxes go up Jan. 1, fine. So will Rush's. Faygo Kid Dec 2012 #19
Keep On Squeezing The Boner 1ProudAtheist Dec 2012 #20
and why would there be a new offer even then? It goes without sayng that taxes on the rich need to g robinlynne Dec 2012 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author AnotherMcIntosh Dec 2012 #23

Volaris

(10,260 posts)
6. No kiddin'. And, I would offer, It's about damn time.
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 08:50 PM
Dec 2012

Reaching out across the Isle with an open hand got The President more than one broken arm. Time to start reaching over there with a sledghammer. Fuck these Tea Party Toons.

ProSense

(116,464 posts)
4. Typical
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 07:13 PM
Dec 2012

"A senior administration official said the White House would make NO new offers until Republicans changed their opposition to raising top tax rates"

...WSJ. New offer?

The current offer is excellent. Republicans can "changed their opposition to raising top tax rates" by accepting the current offer.

Obama offers GOP an ambitious, progressive debt-reduction plan
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021905787

Republicans Would Rather Laugh Than Bargain...But once the laughter dies down
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021908853


grantcart

(53,061 posts)
10. I prefer to call it the "give em more paint" stance.
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 09:17 PM
Dec 2012
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11026372

The Republicans are now giving the Democrats the mantle of "party of middle class tax cuts".


If he were writing a script he couldn't ask the Republicans to take a stupider path.


Now he can just wait for the markets to beat up the Republicans all the way to Jan 2nd.


They have painted themselves into a corner and all they are doing is asking for more paint.



After the markets have lost 20% of their value the Republicans are going to be jumping to agree on the taxes and he can hold firm on the stimulus.

Someday these days will be remembered as the 'good ole days' when the Republicans just wrote themselves off the cliff of relevance.

sheshe2

(83,341 posts)
17. So much for trying to make him a one term President!
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 12:33 AM
Dec 2012

He is on fire!

I look to a forward to an Awesome Four years.
You pubs are... babies.

Thanks for the post!

Faygo Kid

(21,477 posts)
19. Damned right. If my taxes go up Jan. 1, fine. So will Rush's.
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 06:08 PM
Dec 2012

He'll pay a lot more than me. And even more delicious, O'Reilly - who HATES paying taxes - will get hit, too.

I'm fired up and ready to jump.

robinlynne

(15,481 posts)
22. and why would there be a new offer even then? It goes without sayng that taxes on the rich need to g
Sun Dec 2, 2012, 06:44 PM
Dec 2012

go back to normal rates. . Obama already offered to make cuts/concessions. I don't see a reason for another offer.

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