Jim Devine wrote: > > Doug Henwood wrote: > > ... The more I think about it the more the "concession" on > > tax breaks makes sense in that context. > > but aren't BHO's majorities in both houses significantly larger than > Dubya's were at the start of his administration? Is BHO's relative > wimpiness a result of the GOP's relative willingness to use the > filibuster? Or is it a matter of his representing the corporate > mainstream, while Dubya and the GOP are more hard-right in nature and > therefore more willing to see Congressional politics as a form of war?
Any of these specualtions (Doug's or Jim's) MAY be correct -- but they do represent an attempt at mind-reading, because they deal with Obama's HIDDEN motive. The only view that corresponds _directly_ to observed data is that Obama BELIEVES, REALLY BELIEVES, that there should be a tax cut. I don't think political judgments should be grounded in mind-reading. Carrol _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
