Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Countdown to Capitulation

The only remaining question in the fiscal cliff debate is not if the Republicans will capitulate to higher taxes but when. "I, as a Republican, would take raising the rates on the two top brackets if in return, we had tax reform laid out over a period of months, if we had entitlement reform," said former RNC chairman Haley Barbour, foreshadowing the coming capitulation of House Republicans.
The GOP is rapidly changing from the party of no to the party of maybe. Maybe it will accept tax hikes. Maybe it will accept gay marriage. Maybe it will accept amnesty. Maybe it will change its position on abortion.

Read more: http://spectator.org/archives/2012/12/12/countdown-to-capitulation

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