This gets Obama past Nov 2012 elections."
Isn't the MOST important thing we can get in this negotiation is to make sure this issue comes up again before the 2012 election? Why would we ever let them push it off the table?
Don’t completely rule out that this can’t come up before the election. If the economy continues to slide, projected tax receipts will dry up quickly and we might be back here quicker than Obama was hoping.