"Other polls have indicated that voters have no idea what Obama is proposing in the way of a top income tax rate."
That's why Boehner is such a fool to keep these talks private. Can you imagine what would happen if Obama was asked to answer basic questions about the arithmetic of his "proposals" out in the open? If Obama was asked to name some changes to entitlement programs that he preferred? "Uh..uh..uh"...
Voters may be self-interested but they are smart enough to realize that taking 40% of what anyone makes is not going to work.
“Can you imagine what would happen if Obama was asked to answer basic questions about the arithmetic of his “proposals” out in the open? If Obama was asked to name some changes to entitlement programs that he preferred? “Uh..uh..uh”...”
Of course, something like this actually happened during the health care debate. Paul Ryan schooled Obama on the idiocy of Obamacare and found himself completely ignored. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPxMZ1WdINs