"It won't kill the country if we raise taxes a little bit on millionaires. It really won't, I don't think. I don't really understand why Republicans don't take Obama's offer....Really? The Republican Party is going to fall on its sword to defend a bunch of millionaires, half of whom voted Democratic and half of whom live in Hollywood and are hostile?"Admittedly, we like the idea of Rethugs falling on their swords, so we hope they don't follow Wee Willie's uncharacteristically sage advice.
In any event, President Obama holds the upper hand, not only by virtue of his emphatic win, but Rethugs realize that if all of the Bush tax cuts expire on December 31, they will be blamed for holding them hostage to defending the wealthiest Americans. Let the games begin.
