1. Republicans in Congress seem surprised that President Obama is adamant about raising tax rates on the wealthy.
Why is this a surprise? He ran his whole re-election campaign on this platform. Did they think he would change his mind once he re-gained the White House? Maybe take a cue from their own Etch-a-Sketch candidate--you know, the one who lost the election so resoundedly?
2. John Boehner and the House Republicans are still beating the no-new-taxes drum, claiming they would "hurt our economy and make job creation more difficult".
What part of we-heard-that-argument-and-rejected-it-in-favor-of-the-plan-promoted-by-President-Obama are these people not understanding? I would think the election results made this perfectly clear--to quote Mr. Boehner, "The American people have spoken".
3. President Obama is considering Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, for Secretary of State. Senator John McCain has attacked her for her initial report on the attack on our mission in Benghazi. Senator Lindsey Graham went so far as to say that he would oppose her appointment as one "who is up to their eyeballs in the Benghazi debacle". President Obama called their attacks on Ms. Rice, who only reported the facts as they were relayed to her, "outrageous".
What did they expect her to do? Initial information was confusing and incomplete. That happens in a situation like this. When more accurate information was available, it was reported. Would they have been happier if she had made facts up out of whole cloth a la Mitt?
I think Senators John McCain & Lindsey Graham just go their wrists slapped.
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