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Very right. The cure for this problem is to turn public opinion into our policy direction. That can’t happen in the lame duck session with tax hikes looming on everyone. Look at it another way. All Bush tax cuts were always at risk. Now, they have been made permanent for 99.4% of tax payers. Well, that is a step in our direction.

Now, they have been made permanent for 99.4% of tax payers. Well, that is a step in our direction.

If 99.4% is better for you than 100%... I don't want to go in the direction you are headed.

/johnny

Now, they have been made permanent for 99.4% of tax payers. Well, that is a step in our direction.

Not really a step in our direction.

The people who contribute the most to the economy are taking the hit with the compromise or deal just made. That can't be good for the economy or country or the republicans. It's also a lose/lose proposition for republicans when it comes to what the voters will do. The low-information voters will take it as a win for the democrats and for Obama, while still blaming the republicans for protecting the well-off and rich; remember that, to democrats, rich is defined as somebody making more than just a decent salary.

If republicans are still going to not be getting the votes of those ignoramuses, and those same people have become dependent upon government, then, giving an inch to the democrats just makes things worse for the country and the republicans.

Essentially, the democrats have the republicans in "check" and going for the killing with "checkmate". The only thing that can bring the country back, is for the economic collapse to finally happen, which might then get the people to finally start seeing the error of their ways. But, knowing how democrats and the ignorant electorate works, they will still be blaming republicans for the collapse and for their own bad economic conditions.

So, the only thing left for republicans to do, is to just not give an inch and to actually try to reverse the course that the country finds itself in.