>>>>>The Fair tax is a ready-made talking point for the Dems.
Huh?
The Dems will just talk about "Mike Huckabee's 23% tax hike" and start introducing Hillary at her rallies as the "no tax hike" candidate. They will also claim (rightly) that the Fair Tax will make a heavy impact on retirees, and that any proposal that gives the poor a "prebate" or a voucher will still require government agents to be in people's business. Nobody with a brain is going to believe that the IRS will just cease to exist, or that the Congress will pass a sales tax and never, ever think about passing an income tax again. Yes, I know, we could do it by Constitutional Amendment, but I don't see that happening at this stage.
I'm no populist, but when people hear that IRS is going to be investigating single moms and not caring a bit about Donald Trump and George Soros, they are going to make a populist decision.