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Conservative editorialist: Going over the fiscal cliff would be a political disaster for Republicans

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By Pat Cunningham

Philip Klein, senior editorial writer for the conservative Washington Examiner, SAYS it behooves congressional Republican leaders (above) to reach some deal with Democrats to avoid going over the fiscal cliff:

A number of commentators, including myself, have argued that if no deal is reached to avert the “fiscal cliff” and taxes go up on most Americans, then President Obama will be able to structure a massive middle class tax cut in the new year that Republicans would find impossible to oppose. Among the many political implications of such a scenario, one would be that the basket of policies now commonly ...

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