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Alain41 says:

Tammy was her usual excellent self. Tone was very good, analytical and not demonizing. Like the red hair too. Her opponent was in controlled attack mode, but I think he was just repeating the talking points that he was given.

With regard to TPoints, it seems like the 2 Parties have coordinated an attack on Ted Cruz/Tea Party. Sunday, I turned on the TV with Obama speaking and he had a dig at Cruz. I didn’t listen to Republican response but I assume that they didn’t attack Cruz there. However, Rep. Peter King was then on FNC right after noon and he was horrible in his attack on Tea Party and Cruz. Also, last Thursday, McConnell’s former deputy chief of staff published an op-ed saying that tax reform was the holy grail here and not anything to do to Ocare. The op-ed is written to both sound reasonable and appeal to conservatives, but it is deflection and Rovian talking points fantasy.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-26/how-republicans-can-win-debt-fight.html

“…As someone who has dedicated his life to advancing Republican economic philosophy, it would be a once-in-a-generation accomplishment to secure an agreement to fundamentally change the tax code in a revenue-neutral way. If done correctly, changing the tax code could raise the standard of living, reduce dependence on government programs and shrink the size of the debt; it could convert the recipients of transfer payments into taxpayers. A tax code stripped of its exotic sounding and demagogic provisions would also render subsequent tax increases more difficult to achieve, disarming Democrats in future negotiations….”