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Just a quick post that I’m excited that the Blue Dogs haven’t backed down in the fight over the AMT patch. While I’m squarely in the crosshairs if this doesn’t get fixed (and I’ve chastised Congress for not fixing it two months ago) I love that they have not backed down in their demands to have the patch paid for under the PAYGO rules. I also love that they have refused Pelosi’s bait-and-switch (”I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today”) and have refused to let the House adjourn until this is fixed. It’s about time somebody stood up for what they believe and I’d gladly vote for any of them if I could.

I also marvel at the brazen hypocrisy of the GOP, which refuses to go along with offsets because they don’t want to raise taxes to fix “a tax that never should have happened” despite the fact that they both could have fixed it during their years in total control and caused the problem with Bush’s tax cuts. I guess they’re hoping voters won’t grasp this and they can pin it all on the Democrats in 2008, which is probably true. Oh, how I love gotcha politics!