[Hoot Gibson]

All he has to do is let all the tax hikes go into effect, along with the spending cuts, on 1/1/13, and then propose a tax break for anybody making under 250K. There won't be a republican left in office, that votes against giving a tax break to 98% of the voting public.

Brilliant, RV, just brilliant! Why has nobody else thought of that strategy? :eyeroll:

But what will Democrats without scapegoats? You overestimate the political will of Republicans. Enough of the RINOs will cave to pressure to do exactly what you suggest. Like the liberal Democrats, the RINOs who control the Republican Party care little about anything but clinging to power.

Democracies cannot survive an ignorant electorate and nobody understands that better than Obama.