Got it in one.
The only thing more disappointing than how much politicians count on 'the people' having a short memory, is how much 'the people' prove that the politicians are right.
Give it a year -- as long as people don't see gas prices leap, cell phone coverage shrink, or their cable TV off the air, they will sit back with the remote, belch, and think, "What was everyone all wee-wee'd up about health care for?"
Then in December, smug little Barney Frank, witchy Pelosi, and cadaverous Reid will continue to stalk the halls of congress, ladling themselves fresh-perqued pork.
Yup, you nailed it. The tax increases probably won’t manifest themselves enough in the next 10 months to be that noticeable.
What the GOP should do — if it has gonads, if it as a soul — is to point out that Obama ran on a platform of no tax increases for the middle class... and then list all the tax increases that are just beginning and that are on the way... and to play that list in paid ads, over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again.
If they do that. They win.
If they don’t do that. They lose.
Simple as that.