https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/12/06/obama-retreats-on-tax-hike/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usWed, 17 Jun 2026 05:50:31 -0400<![CDATA[It looked that way earlier in the day, and it&#8217;s now confirmed.  The &#8216;deal&#8217; will be that the White House &#8216;delays&#8217; raising taxes for two more years in &#8216;exchange&#8217; for getting a thirteen-month extension on unemployment benefits*.  That last is problematical, but given the Democrats&#8217; moral weakness thus far the GOP might still be able to keep pushing a little and get offsets in federal spending elsewhere to make up the difference.  Besides, it&#8217;s Christmas: the optics are bad.  Even if we don&#8217;t get that, everybody who matters is going to breathe a huge sigh of relief.  The Democratic establishment will have a fig leaf for their cowardice and the Right will have successfully kept the Other Side from delivering another kick to the groin to the US economy; it&#8217;s not perfect, but it&#8217;ll keep things from getting worse until 2012.]]>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 16:15:46 -0500<![CDATA[Moe Lane]]>https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2010/12/06/obama-retreats-on-tax-hike-n37221