Can anybody explain to me why Princess Pelosi and the Democrats are so insistent on waiting until after the November elections to vote on the Bush tax cuts? Why? John Boehner is really pressing her to allow for a vote before they leave town on a Republican proposal to extend the Bush tax cuts for all Americans. Boehner says, "If Democratic leaders leave town without stopping all the tax hikes, they are turning their backs on the American people. Adjourning the Congress at the end of this week without a vote to stop all the tax hikes will be a vote to raise taxes on the American people and destroy jobs ... To deny Republican and many Democratic members their right to offer alternative legislation to stop all the tax hikes would be an obvious attempt to circumvent the will of the House and the American people."

What is the absolutely worse-case scenario for Pelosi? She allows this vote to come to the floor and it passes. Then she has to face the wealth envy crowd? She has to explain to folks why she allowed hard-working Americans to keep more of the money they earn. Sounds like an uphill battle if you ask me!