[Sabertooth]

"Many of them in Sacramento are saying they are against this bond, this recovery bond. You know why? Because they want to increase your taxes. ... "The politicians up there, all they know is increase the taxes when they get into trouble. What I say is: we should have this recovery bond so we don't have to increase the taxes."

All bonds are tax increases, sooner or later.

"The Republicans have a choice: it is the recovery bonds, or it is raising taxes. That's a choice, it's up to them. I am only going to make cuts to a certain point. I'm not going to cut dog food for blind people."

Oh, and budget-cutting Republicans do?

Noted.

[goldstategop]

He wants to be in the center. He's telling the Democrats to get on board in regards to tax increases and telling Republicans he won't cut the budget as much as they would like. Gee where have we heard all this before? Its called "triangulation."