There was a big discussion last week among conservatives that Pethokoukis has gone off the rails. Seems he's buying into some bad ideas. On one hand here, I agree. The 2012 tax plan was solely a debate on the top 1 percent. It was easy to demagogue. Tax reform is a winnig debate. Romney's position was a political loser. Bush won largely on across the board rate reductions. In 2016 we are ripe for a real reform of the irs....cleaning up the code, lowering rates for all and simplifying it for lower brackets as well as higher.
I agree with 100% of what you said.