Legal Commentary

Politics Is Stupid

By Big Tent Democrat

Obviously, I agree with Atrios on the value of calling the middle class tax cuts proposed by Democrats as the "Obama Middle Class Tax Cuts." Ezra Klein opines from the Kaplan Ivory Tower:

Greg Sargent reports that House Democrats want to rebrand the extension of Bush's middle-class tax cuts as "the Obama tax cuts for the middle class." Sigh. Whether you think this is a good idea, a bad idea or a totally meaningless waste of time -- and you can guess which view I hold -- it's worth remembering that Democrats have known about the expiration of these cuts for 10 years now. If they wanted to create their own middle-class tax cut to replace Bush's expiring program and make sure they got the credit from the voters, they could've done that.

If Ezra Klein has not yet figured out that politics is stupid, then he should stop writing about politics. While politics is, and will always be, stupid, it still matters. If you can't deal with the fact that politics is stupid, you stop writing about it.

It's also worth noting that in fact President Obama DID run on middle class tax cuts that included those being proposed now.

Speaking for me only

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 14, 2010 (boomark / email).