#StopTheTaxHike: Obama Says His Plan ‘Worked,’ Do Dems Have His Back?

August 9, 2012

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), Ron Barber (AZ-08), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Lois Capps (CA-24), Andrei Cherny (AZ-09), David Cicilline (RI-01), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Tammy Duckworth (IL-08), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), John Garamendi (CA-03), David Gill (IL-13), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Kathy Hochul (NY-27), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Bill Keating (MA-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Pat Kreitlow (WI-07), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Gary McDowell (MI-01), Mike Michaud (ME-02), Joe Miklosi (CO-06), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), John Oceguera (NV-03), Sal Pace (CO-03), Bill Pascrell (NJ-09), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nick Rahall (WV-03), David Schapira (AZ-09), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Brandon Shaffer (CO-04), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Betty Sutton (OH-16), John Tierney (MA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Christie Vilsack (IA-04), Jamie Wall (WI-08), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), John Yarmuth (KY-03)

Obama Says His Plan ‘Worked,’ Does Braley Have His Back?
A Tough Road Ahead for Iowa Small Businesses If Braley Won’t #StopTheTaxHike

WASHINGTON — It’s been difficult for Bruce Braley’s party in Washington from their reckless $831 billion stimulus to their unpopular government healthcare takeover and now to their attempt to raise taxes in 2013. As the party becomes more and more disorganized, in a last-ditch effort, Washington Democrats are begging Bruce Braley to have Obama’s back in November.

“Iowa small businesses cannot afford Bruce Braley’s plan to impose new tax hikes in 2013,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Only 27 percent of voters believe the country is on the right track but will Braley continue in the wrong direction and have Obama’s back?”

Twenty-seven percent of Americans believe Washington Democrats have moved the economy in the right direction. (“Right Direction or Wrong Track,” Rasmussen Reports, 8/8/2012)

No matter how unpopular Obama’s failed economic agenda is, Nancy Pelosi refuses to sever ties between him and Congressional Democrats:

“‘We have [Obama’s] back. We are his most enthusiastic supporters,’ [Pelosi] said.” (Mary Lu Carnevale, “Pelosi on Obama: ‘We Have His Back'”, Wall Street Journal, 2/5/2009)

However, Obama deliriously claims that his party’s plan ‘worked’:

“Just like we’ve tried their plan, we tried our plan — and it worked. That’s the difference,’ [said Obama].” (“Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event,” The White House, 7/24/2012)