Boehner pivots on taxes after Obama win

http://thehill.com ^ | november 8, 2012 | Russell Berman and Erik Wasson

[lowbridge]

In the wake of the GOP’s disappointing election, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Wednesday signaled a willingness to accept higher tax revenues as part of a deficit cutting deal.

The fast-approaching deadline to stop a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts left Boehner and other leaders with little time to digest Republican Mitt Romney’s defeat on Tuesday.

Leaders on both sides of the Capitol moved swiftly to stake out their positions on the fiscal cliff, with Boehner calling for a “down payment” that would lead to a farther-reaching pact in 2013 and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) saying he did not want to see a short-term fix.

“I’m not for kicking the can down the road; I think we’ve done that far too much,” Reid told reporters in the Capitol. “I think we should just roll up our sleeves and get it done.”

The Democratic leader also cast Obama’s victory over Romney — in which the president won nearly every swing state —as overwhelming, and noted that his party gained seats in both chambers of Congress. “That’s not the status quo,” he said.

[Toespi]

That’s rational. Lets see, I believe Newt Gingrich took media on during one of the primary debates, he got a standing O, and won South Carolina. The next day, republican voters in Florida called him mean spirited. The RMSM eviscerated him. He was the ONLY true conservative in the group and republicans didn’t like what he said, so there you go.

[zeugma]

Is anyone at all surprised by this? We really need a second party in this country. The republicrats are killing us.