Rave if you believe that Christy was right on when he said, "‘Mr. President – Real Leaders Don’t Follow Polls, "Real Leaders Change Polls’"

I find it fascinating that conservatives have no clue what socialism and marxism really are, and that Obama seeking to balance spending cuts with revenue increases makes him a communist. The problem you're having is you lost touch with something called pragmatism. When you have a situation where the wealthy have seen record profits AND the lowest EFFECTIVE TAX RATES in 5 decades (thanks to 30 years of the wealthy gaming the tax code primarily for the top 1% through an Army of tax policy writers/lobbyists) -- WHILE THE MIDDLE CLASS IS MIRED IN STAGNATION, the only thing you do, and the only thing we have EVER done in this situation, is raise taxes on the top 1% while lowering taxes on the middle class. TRICKLE DOWN has never - and will never work. On the FLIP SIDE, if the middle class is vibrant and Wall Street is refusing to innovate, then it is time to increase taxes on the middle, and offer more incentives to Wall Street. It's about finding that SWEET SPOT, that BALANCE between the needs of labor and the right of Wall Street to earn a FAIR profit. It's about creating a situation where EVERYONE or nearly everyone prospers, LOGIC and HISTORY dictate that when the middle class has PURCHASING POWER, the wealthy are at their wealthiest. It's a WIN/WIN. EVERY rational person in America believes we should pool our resources to help those TRULY in need - and that we should PUNISH those who GAME the welfare system. EVERY rational American would rather pay a few dollars out of his paycheck every two weeks to COLLECTIVELY maintain a municipal FIRE DEPARTMENT. I don't know anyone who would rather pay a monthly fire bill - whereby if you miss a payment or two, the fire department can let your house burn down. PRAGMATISM my man. Learn it.