[ElenaEvgeevnaa]

The Hill:
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/13...-tax-cut-deal-

The House Democratic Caucus on Thursday rejected the tax deal negotiated between the White House and Senate Republicans.

The non-binding vote of the caucus held during a closed-door meeting puts tremendous pressure on House leaders to win changes to a proposal the White House has presented as a "take it or leave it" package.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued a brief statement after the vote indicating that lower-chamber Democrats will fight to alter the bill.

"We will continue discussions with the President and our Democratic and Republican colleagues in the days ahead to improve the proposal before it comes to the House floor for a vote," Pelosi said.

“Democratic priorities remain clear: to provide a tax cut for working families, to create jobs and economic growth, to assist millions of our fellow Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own, and to do this in a fiscally sound way.”

[doolarsva]

This is pretty amazing. I don't ever remember a time when House members, especially Democrats, stood against their own President as a nearly unanimous contingent. Then we have Ralph Nadar calling Pres. Obama a "con man," and others, who still call themselves supporters calling for a primary challenge.

In the eyse of many, Pres. Obama failed to deliver on this one. In fact, some say this failure to stand up to Republicans is indicitive of his propensity to cave at the first sign of a fight. If nothing else, Americans love a good fight.

[Goooooblin]

“This is a lack of leadership on the part of Obama,” fumed Moran (D-Va.) “I don’t know where the f*** Obama is on this or anything else. They’re AWOL.” http://thehill.com/homenews/house/13...-with-tax-deal

Dems show signs of abandoning Obama elsewhere after frustration with tax deal

By Susan Crabtree - 12/09/10 11:31 PM ET

Incensed over President Obama’s tax compromise, House Democratic leaders are showing signs of abandoning the administration and going their own way on critical issues such as national security.

In a striking move, the Appropriations Committee late Wednesday attached a provision to a $1.1 trillion resolution to keep the government funded next year that would prevent Obama from spending any funds to try terrorism suspects in civilian court instead of military commissions.

The language would essentially prevent the closing of the detainee prison at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba.

Some House Democrats viewed the move as an act of defiance and a direct demonstration of just how furious the caucus is with Obama’s decision to work with Republicans to extend the Bush-era tax cuts.

But many other Democrats, including Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.), a member of the defense appropriations subcommittee, said they didn’t even know the provision was included.

[Broker15015]

Are these Democrats racists? Any GOP politician who disagrees with Obama only does so because he/she is a racist.

http://biggovernment.com/publius/201...aucus-meeting/

Dems gone wild: "F*%k the President"

The frustration with President Barack Obama over his tax cut compromise was palpable and even profane at Thursday’s House Democratic Caucus meeting.

One unidentified lawmaker went so far as to mutter “f— the president” while Rep. Shelley Berkley was defending the package the president negotiated with Republicans. Berkley confirmed the incident, although she declined to name the specific lawmaker.

“It wasn’t loud,” the Nevada Democrat said. “It was just expressing frustration from a very frustrated Member.”

Rep. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.) was also overheard saying that “we can’t trust him” not to cave to Republicans and extend the tax cuts again in two years, according to a Democratic source.

The anger aimed at the bill was widespread. As Democrats moved to block the bill from coming up on the floor, chants of “Just say no!” could be heard by reporters outside the room.

[Gymnarnemia]

Any GOP politician who disagrees with Obama only does so because he/she is a racist.

http://biggovernment.com/publius/201...aucus-meeting/

That's the Fox/Rush viewpoint and is only valid in that venue, Brad. The rest of the world rejects such a sweeping generality, recoginizing however that Fox viewers may have more racist tendencies than the population at large.