It's excusable to the vast electorate who do not understand effective tax rates and their across the board impact...but from Bill? Inexcusable.
Bill Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, is looking for someone to whom to surrender. And so is much of the Republican establishment, so desperate to hold onto positions of influence that they are willing to abandon the newly-confirmed House majority and a bedrock Republican principle for the last two decades.
Giving in on Obama's tax hikes would not win many votes. But it would certainly end the GOP as a viable opposition.
