Leaving Town Without Extending the Bush Tax Cuts Will Cost Democrats

Adjourning early to try and save their jobs while avoiding a vote on extending the Bush tax cuts will cost some Democrats:

The decision by Democratic leaders to skip a vote on extending the Bush tax cuts has led to intense campaign attacks on vulnerable House and Senate Democrats.

Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) are under pressure for opposing GOP amendments that would have extended tax cuts passed in 2001 and 2003 under President George W. Bush.

Vulnerable House Democrats such as Reps. Suzanne Kosmas of Florida and Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota have also found themselves on the defensive.

Democrats have tried to deflect the issue back at Republicans by accusing them of supporting tax breaks for “millionaires and billionaires.” Republicans have called for extending all of the Bush tax cuts, while Democratic leaders would extend the cuts only for families making less than $250,000.

“Republicans in Congress have been very, very clear where they stand — where they stand is for tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires, period,” said Nadeam Elshami, a spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

Sorry Nadeam, but voters understand that Republicans want extend tax cuts for EVERYBODY. It's called fairness, and fairness is not singling certain groups out for punishment as Democrats do. The "millionaires and billionaires" that Pelosi and her Islamic-named spokeshole are referring to are the very same people who create the jobs that America needs right now. Punishing them punishes the rest of us when businesses aren't expanded and people aren't hired.

And voters are equally adept at punishment, and many Democrats will feel that whip on November 2nd.