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news.yahoo.com — WASHINGTON (Reuters) President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said on Sunday. David Axelrod , the Obama campaign strategist who was chosen to be a senior White ...

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Expiration date watch: Repealing the Bush tax cuts
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... often said, and now the Left may experience the same frustration as the Right did during the campaign.  The latest example comes today, with the expiration delivered by David Axelrod.  Those Bush tax cuts Obama wanted repealed?  Not so fast : President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying an election promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, a senior aide and an adviser said on Sunday. David Axelrod, one of Obama’s closest confidants chosen to be a senior White House adviser, was asked if the tax cut could be ...

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N/A — ... News from the cutting edge: ” President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said on Sunday.“ ...

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A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days — Barack Obama admits that tax increases--even on rich people-- hurts the economy : President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said on Sunday. David Axelrod, the Obama campaign strategist who was chosen to be a senior White House adviser, was asked if the tax cuts could be allowed to expire on schedule after tax year 2010 rather than being rolled back by legislation earlier. "Those considerations will be made," he said on "Fox News Sunday." Bill ...

When Will Obama Officially Go From Being One Of Us To One Of Them?
DownWithTyranny! — ... We've not one of the blogs complaining that Obama is excluding progressives from his administration. He's doing exactly what we expected him to do and exactly what he always said he would do. I have to admit, though, that I was a little disappointed-- if not completely surprised-- that he's already started sending out signals that he would be unable to keep his most basic actual campaign promises, like rolling back a tax cut for multimillionaires and getting rid of discriminatory ...

Obama Backing Away From Promise To “Roll Back” The Bush Tax Cuts
Say Anything — What’s this?  The liberal messiah keeping in place tax cuts for the rich? Heresy! President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying an election promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, a senior aide and an adviser said on Sunday. David Axelrod, one of Obama’s closest confidants chosen to be a senior White House adviser, was asked if the tax cut could be ended later than Obama called for during the campaign. “Considerations will be made,” he ...

More Change: Obama to Delay Rollback on Bush Tax Cuts
Stop The ACLU — Remember the Bush tax cuts Obama wants to repeal? Not so fast! President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying an election promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, a senior aide and an adviser said on Sunday. David Axelrod, one of Obama’s closest confidants chosen to be a senior White House adviser, was asked if the tax cut could be ended later than Obama called for during the campaign. “Considerations will be made,” he said on “Fox News Sunday.” ...

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RedState: Conservative News and Community — Barack Obama admits that tax increases--even on rich people--hurts the economy: President-elect Barack Obama may consider delaying a campaign promise - to roll back tax cuts on high-income Americans - as part of his economic recovery strategy, two aides said on Sunday. David Axelrod, the Obama campaign strategist who was chosen to be a senior White House adviser, was asked if the tax cuts could be allowed to expire on schedule after tax year 2010 rather than being rolled back by legislation earlier. "Those considerations will be made," he ...

Barcepundit (English edition) — ... AS I SAID yesterday, the honeymoon between Obama and his worshippers may not last long: not only he seems to have picked Hillary Clinton for State. Now he's signaling that he plans to delay tax-cut rollback for the wealthy. ...

Freddoso: Change or No Change?
National Review Online — ... the architect of Bush s Wall Street bailouts as his treasury secretary, and he has promised to expand Bush s policy of bailing out failed businesses in the financial industry to the auto industry, as well. Even the tax increases that he promised during the election appear to be off the table for now. Barack Obama remains an enigma. Some of his critics voice fears that he will bring a damaging revolution upon America — that he is a socialist hell-bent on redistributing wealth, who merely aligned himself with Chicago s corrupt politicians in order to facilitate his meteoric ...