I always have the same question when I hear all this talk about the rich paying their fair share...what exactly *is* my fair share? I'm not Romney-rich, or even Obama-rich - but I earn enough that most people would call me wealthy. Between local, state, federal, real-estate, sales, gasoline and other taxes I'm probably not thinking of, about 60% of what I earn goes out in taxes. I work Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for various government agencies, and Thursday/Friday for myself. If this isn't economic slavery, then I can't imagine what is. So what's the Left's idea of my "fair share"? How much is enough for these folks? I wish they'd simply declare it so that I can accelerate my plans to flee the country.

Actually, the original poster's facts are incorrect. We still have an electoral college in this country, and what is needed is 96 fewer electoral votes to go for Obama. Likely, this would require Florida, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and, say, Colorado shifting from Blue to Red. Since many of these states were won by Obama by fairly small margins, defeating Obama could require a much smaller percentage shift at the national level. And of course, the solution might be that those disillusioned by Obama's many failures simply stay home, and in this case, nobody who voted for Obama would need to change.

I wonder when the Obama transcripts will be released? As I recall, neither John Kerry nor Al Gore were academic superstars, yet somehow the Left found both of them qualified to lead this once-great nation. Even when Bush's GPA was found to be higher than Al Gore's, we were still told Bush was an idiot and Gore was some sort of prophet.

A better, simpler approach might be to return to the founders ideas and put an end to electing Senators by popular vote. This would yield many of the benefits of the "Super Congress" idea.

Head over to some of the hard-left blog sites, such as the site associated with the Randi Rhodes radio show. It is sickening what many of these people believe. There is no reasoning, no thought - nothing but hatred for anyone conservative, republican or a tea party member. AA- is the least of our problems. If we don't get the left under control, we will be a third-world nation within many of our lifetimes.

I, for one, am feeling betrayed. To hear even the likes of Paul Ryan argue "well, it could have been worse - at least there were no tax increases" turns my stomach, as this is not what we sent people to Washington for. If the best they can do is slightly slow down the growth rate, I say that the system deserves to collapse, and the sooner the better. In real terms, the US will spend more next year than this year, and yet we have the nerve to pat ourselves on the back for having achieved meaningful "cuts". I can only hope this brings a resurgence in the Tea Party, and that we flex our muscles again by putting another few million on the streets of Washington.

There are some 14 million who became unemployed on Obama's watch...I suspect they'd feel their lives have been destroyed so that Obama can cling to his rigid hard-left idealogy. Ever think about them?

According to the IRS, the bottom 50% pay 3% of all taxes. To put a real number to it, that's about 100M people paying 3% of a 2.2 trillion dollar revenue take. By my math, that comes out to about six hundred bucks a year for people in this class...sounds pretty close to "zero" to me!

Let's see...a trillion dollars in new taxes sounds like about 2 million jobs lost, or about another 1% on the current unemployment rate, and 1% slower GDP growth. And this is the President's compromise - I suppose he really wants to create 5 million more unemployed, but he'll "settle" for 2 million. How kind of our dear leader. Thanks, Mr. Obama - I can only hope the Conservatives have enough spine to pass on your prescription for America. Isn't it time you see the light and stop your illegal war on prosperity?

Thank you, people of Nevada for electing the miscreant Harry Reid yet again in 2010.