Backtrack: Axelrod avoids committing White House to tax pledge it already committed to
June 28th, 2009 by Rightwing Czar at 1:53 pmUh oh, looks like our dear President might be evolving again – this time about that pesky little promise he kept making during the campaign. You might remember it: something about not raising taxes on anyone making more than $250,000 a year.
Turns out he may have been fibbing a bit:
When Stephanopoulos asked why Obama hadn’t drawn a “line in the sand” over his tax pledge, Axelrod suggested that kind of ultimatum is at odds with the president’s effort to being a new tone to politics.
“One of the problems we’ve had in this town is that people draw lines in the sand and they stop talking to each other. And you don’t get anything done. That’s not the way the president approaches this,” the White House adviser said.
Drawing a line in the sand is at odds with the change Obama is trying to bring? This looks a lot like a firm line to me:
I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes
When Obama was trying to get elected, he loved the idea of being firm about his positions. Why the sudden change, David?