Can Obama the Ideologue Compromise?
by Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Barrack Hussein Obama has been in office for nearly two years. During this time the Chief Executive Officer of the nation has shown little if any inclination to compromise. He is an ideologue, not a pragmatist. Certainly he sees himself as the Saviour in Chief and any deviation from his agenda will likely be considered intolerable by him. He certainly is no Bill Clinton, a president who was insightful and deft enough to actually make some of the Republican's agenda, such as welfare reform his own in 1996. Obama is no Bill Clinton. Obama wants to extend and make permanent the Bush era tax cuts for those making $250,000 a year or less and end the cuts for those earning over that amount. Republicans and conservatives are in favor of extending the cuts across the board. Congress must act before January 1st or the cuts expire. Here is what the President said: Obama noted the importance of extending the tax...