Just finished it. He’s right regarding the republicans. Damn them.
I agree the Republicans were fools to endorse more pork spending and it’s infuriating they want to continue to use this as a political football so they can campaign for keeping these tax rates in 2012 rather then fighting they be made permanent. But Kraut’s analysis of Obama’s end here is very weak. It does remind he was one of the people fawning over Obama just two years ago. He took pride in not succumbing to him by giving him a vote like his friends. But he did everything short of that in the run up.