[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

So Republicans have a totally fractured position on how to handle this and Democrats are united.

I think Boehner will try to get the votes to pass the 2 month extension (in fact, Fox is announcing some kind of deal). That will be a political victory for Obama, but I think the alternative is a bigger victory for Obama (Why? Because that's the message from ABC/NBC/CBS, and the GOP has been saying "cut taxes" for so long). More important is what will be going on 11 months from now.

[DoughtyOne]

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[sickoflibs]

RE :”I think Boehner will try to get the votes to pass the 2 month extension (in fact, Fox is announcing some kind of deal). “

And on Cavuto’s show today (4 pm EST) he asked a couple of times :”Isnt this the SAME deal they just rejected and rebelled against a couple of days ago?” Like I said, ‘cave’. Now Boehner will put the Senate bill up and get Pelosi votes to help pass it.

This has the classic structure of rebellion failure much like 1995. They demand to take a stand not understanding that the other side (Obama) has been laying the political groundwork for the battle for months against them and they just assume they will win (apparently) without doing the same. And worse the House and Senate Republicans are not united on a strategy. Then not only does the MSM put on pressure but their own Senate RINOs (old pass TARP McCain) demand surrender and worse FNC abandons them (the sure sign they will lose) and those usually against Democrats heap it on too. And then they see the polls on it killing them and then they cave.

To not to put all the blame on the house, what exactly is the Senate RINO strategy now when in two months Obama re-starts calling for a tax increase on the rich to pay for the extension through his election? They have NONE!