Axelrod Blames GOP for no Tax Cut Deal
Talking Points Memo reports:
President Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod today dismissed the political "symbolism" of holding a vote to extend tax cuts for the middle class, telling TPM the Democrats' decision to punt on putting the matter to a vote before the election was the Republicans' fault.
"Our goal is to get these tax cuts passed. If we can't get it done before the election we're going to insist on it after," Axelrod said in response to a TPM question on a White House call arranged for reporters, bloggers and progressive political activists.
As the reporters on the call pressured him further, Axelrod didn't let up or lay any blame on Democratic leaders who bowed to concerns from members in tough reelection fights.
"I don't think anybody in America at this point doubts where the president is, where we are, and where the Republican party is. We'll repeat it every day," Axelrod said on the call. "The Republican Party is holding hostage tax cuts for the middle class."
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