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I think the GOP needs to schedule a press conference with the “teaser-topic” being a “cave-in” on top-bracket tax rates.

Then when all the stooge-media shows up, there should be a series of short speeches — each saying that increasing taxes during our recession will make our recession worse, cause higher unemployment and cause higher inflation!

After each speech, that speaker should — very visibly — wash his hands and dry them.

The last speaker should say something like:

“Unfortunately, President Obama has vowed to raise taxes on the Middle Class if that’s what it takes to “punish” our most successful Americans, just for being successful. And some of us have concluded that this President really DOES want to increase taxes on America’s Middle Class — provided he can blame that result on Republicans.”

“We Republicans do not like playing games of “chicken” with the President. After all, it is America’s Middle Class that will be hurt by his incompetence.”

So we Republicans have decided to give him what he said he wants — a rate increase on the incomes of America’s job-creators. Since we have warned him, we wash our hands of the results. Unemployment will increases to 10% or 11% or 12%, and it will be all — get that, ALL — President Obama’s fault.”

We told him so. We told you so. And we have washed our hands of his foolishness. President Obama now forced this mess on america. Now, he OWNS it.”

“While things go from bad to worse, let’s remember that we fix America with a good start being the election of a Republican-controlled Senate in 2014”.

While I agree that the full credit for the mess we are about to get into needs to be laid at the feet of those who have crafted it, I am not sure any conservative would want to be portrayed as Pontius Pilate at the crucifixion of the productive taxpayer. The image might well be appropriate for the leftists in the GOP.

Perhaps different imagery would suffice for the TEA party crowd, at least the few who persist.