A STRONG NEW ENTRY IN THE "WORST DEMOCRATIC REACTION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS ELECTION" SWEEPSTAKES

You thought you'd seen the worst, but then came this:

Vulnerable Democrats ask Congress, Obama to extend Bush tax cuts

Two House Democrats in tough reelection races are asking Congress and President Barack Obama to extend the Bush administration tax cuts.

Reps. Bobby Bright (D-Ala.) and Mike McMahon (D-N.Y.) asked members in a "Dear Colleague" letter Thursday to support extending the tax cuts, which passed in 2001 and 2003 and are set to expire this year, for at least another two years. Specifically, Bright and McMahon are asking lawmakers to sign a letter to Obama asking him to include the tax cuts in his budget plans for 2010.

... In the letter to the president, the members say the Bush tax cuts should not be allowed to expire. That would put them in opposition to Obama's stated plan of letting some of the tax cuts meant for the wealthy to expire while keeping breaks in place for the poor and middle class, consistent with his campaign pledge of not raising taxes for anyone making less than $250,000 a year....

I'm sure some other Democrat will top this, of course. Social Security privatization? Overturning a comatose patient's right to be taken off life support? A re-invasion of Iraq so we can search for WMDs? C'mon, the rest of you quisling Dems -- show us what you're made of.