MB Civic

By E. J. Dionne | Monday, April 5, 2010 | The Washington Post

“…In the short term, Democrats can argue reasonably that raising taxes or slashing programs before the economy has recovered would be bad policy. And they can assert that the commission Obama has named to grapple with the deficit will clarify the trade-offs between tax increases and program cuts. This, in turn, will open the way for a more rational argument about deficits. It would be nice if things worked out this way. But between now and then lies an election season likely to be characterized more by anger than reason, and in which the opposition has the advantage of not being in charge at a moment of great discontent. Sisyphus would understand. And Obama will have to get used to it….”….BS

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/04/AR2010040402722_pf.html