It's beyond words, the stupidity of the GOP having passed these tax cuts with expiration dates. Democrats never do anything so stupid.
Incorrect. It is you who is stupid, too. Democrats put an expiration date into the 1994 Assault Weapons Bill (AWB). The AWB expired in 2004.
While the Pubbies had control of Congress they did not have a filibuster proof Senate.
The Dems refused to allow the tax cuts to go through without the expiration date. That way they could use it for their political advantage when the expiration date came up. The Dems are very cunning political animals but they are terribly un-American.
On the contrary, think this through: We are now getting the Demoncrats to admit that these tax cuts weren't all "for the rich", and they are also being forced to admit that *not* extending them will be ruinous for the economy! They now have to admit that tax cuts spur growth (by saying that if we don't extend them, it will hurt the "recovery")!
I dare say it is brilliant the way this is working out! If they don't extend them, they are truly screwed. If they extend them, they are admitting they were lying before about them only being for the rich and it goes against all of their fundamental theories they espouse about the economy. Their base will be livid!
Rove, you magnificent bastard!