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Remember all that “Barack Obama’s out of touch with the common man” nonsense the Republicans bring up whenever given a chance?

They’re looking like hypocrites right now.

The Senate on Saturday rejected two Democratic proposals to let tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans expire, a symbolic but bitter defeat that now forces the Democratic majority to compromise with Republicans or risk allowing tax breaks to lapse for virtually everyone at year’s end.

Efforts quickly shifted to negotiations that would temporarily extend the Bush-era tax cuts for all Americans, an outcome that seemed increasingly likely. The pair of nearly party-line votes – one to preserve the tax cuts for only the first $250,000 of family income, and the other for the first $1 million of income – also represented a final stand for Democrats as the session winds down and political posturing gives way to pragmatic dealmaking.

All of these issues were pushed aside during a contentious midterm election season, only to re-emerge as bargaining chips as the White House and congressional leaders now scramble to wrap up unfinished business.

As Senate Democrats staged their tax votes Saturday, Republicans engaged in behind-the-scenes talks with the Obama administration on a compromise plan to extend all the breaks, enacted under President George W. Bush, for two to three years. Obama had favored the Democratic approach of preserving only the middle-class breaks, but pledged after the votes that he and other negotiators would “roll up our sleeves” starting this weekend to cut a deal.

SMH, that’s some straight up bully sh*t if we’ve ever seen it.

“With so much at stake, today’s votes cannot be the end of the discussion,” Obama said. “We need to redouble out efforts to resolve this impasse.”

According to the White House, the president told Democratic Congressional leaders that he was open to compromise but would oppose even a temporary extension of the Bush-era tax cuts if it did not include an extension of unemployment benefits and extensions of the other tax cuts that benefit middle-class families.

At least somebody’s fighting for the common man.

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