100% agree with all of those points. I think its critical, though, that when Republicans are questioned by the media (or even when they aren’t questioned) they must point out that even if Obama got exactly the tax increases he wants on the “wealthy”, the trajectory of the deficit will remain virtually unchanged.
Why is this critical? Because a central focus of Obama’s class warfare strategy is to make people believe that if only we raised taxes on the wealthy our deficit problem will go away. If Republicans can consistently undermine at every turn this lie, I think it will significantly help the cause precisely because Obama is relying on this lie to the extent that he is. Tell the people that taxes are going to have to go up on not just the wealthy and all of sudden they make think twice about the spending and Obama’s lies.
Axel has already covered this. He claims its all about “fairness”! What its really about is its another issue that polls well for them just like Romney’s tax returns.These guys are desperate to find anything they can run on except zeros record of failure.