[lbo-talk] The Democrats and the Bush tax cuts

[Marv Gandall]

"Some Democrats want to take a stand, win or lose, for any option that could depict Republicans as patrons of the richest taxpayers, at the expense of blocking continued tax cuts for the middle class. Others have no appetite left for combat."

-- "Democrats Divided on Tax Cut Strategy", New York Times, November 6, 2010

If the Obama administration is true to form, it won't take a stand. If the liberal wing of the party is true to form, it will criticize the administration for missing another opportunity to pass good policy and to portray the Republicans as the party of the rich. If Carrol is true to form, he will say it's "silly" to concern ourselves with an irrelevant issue which has nothing to do with the more important task of building a revolutionary vanguard. If Woj and Charles are true to form, they will indicate they favour taking a stand, but will support the administration for not taking a stand, and join with it in vilifying the liberal Democratic critics of the administration as ultra-left.

Have I got any of this wrong?