Politics: Obama’s tax-cut compromise has Democrats in Congress very sad
- causeObama was handed an obvious, but still painful defeat after the GOP declined his plan to extend the Bush tax cuts to only the middle class.
- reaction Now Obama’s hoping for a compromise by midweek to ensure that the rest of his agenda for this year gets through the ever-shrinking pipeline quickly.
- responseDemocrats in Congress look like they’re about to slit their wrists, which suggests that the compromise might not go through, either. source