Moderates privately urge Dem leaders: No vote on middle class tax cuts!

Moderates privately urge Dem leaders: No vote on middle class tax cuts!
Greg Sargent


A number of "moderate" House Dems have privately given Nancy Pelosi and other Dem leaders an earful in recent days, urging them not to hold a vote on whether to extend just the middle class tax cuts and not the high end ones, because it will leave them vulnerable to Republican ads, sources involved in the discussions tell me.

If Republicans block a vote in the Senate, as seems likely, there's a decent chance the House will not hold a vote of their own, according to a senior leadership aide and a senior Dem lawmaker directly involved in the discussions.

Both sources cautioned that no decision had been made, and that a vote was still very possible. And Pelosi is still behind the idea of holding the vote, the sources say.

But this issue is shaping up as another one pitting skittish moderates against House liberals, many of whom are urging a vote because they want the party to stand firm on an issue that will motivate the base and draw a sharp contrast between the two parties.

And it seems like the moderates may carry the day.

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/09/moderates_urge_dem_leaders_no.html

Idiots, because they donn't recognize a winning issue when they see one. Cowards because they refuse to fight for any hill.

Republicans are not standing on solid ground here. Somebody is listening to some very bad advice.

Imagine... "stand(ing) firm on an issue that will motivate the base and draw a sharp contrast between the two parties."

I'd argue it would motivate independents as well.

that show that those who voted to extend the middle-class breaks SAVED the middle-class.

It. Isn't. That. Hard!

Hopefully Pelosi will ignore them.