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McCain’s Missing Middle
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 22, 2008 05:08pm |
| Category | Opinion |
| News Date | Aug 22, 2008 05:00pm |
| Description | Even though their image is a shambles, Republicans are sending onto the field a presidential candidate who perhaps has the least to offer middle-class voters on taxes since the first George Bush in 1992. Of course, Bush lost that year to a Democrat promising only to raise taxes on "the rich" and to cut them for the middle class -- exactly Obama's position now.
In his primary campaign, McCain had to endorse the extension of the Bush tax cuts he voted against in the Senate. But they have turned into a trap. Because Obama also wants to extend the middle-class aspects of the Bush cuts, McCain is left alone plugging for extending the cuts on higher earners. The same McCain who "in good conscience" opposed the original Bush package because it was too skewed to upper-income groups now is supporting a package that, relative to Obama's plan, is even more skewed to the top. |
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