Chuck Schumer is about as liberal a politician as you can find in the senate. He is in the Democrat leadership, so you would expect him to support the Obama "jobs" plan strongly. Guess what -- he does not. A friend of mine sent me an article this morning in which local news asked Schumer about the taxes Obama wants to impose on the "wealthy". Here is the key sentence:
"Schumer said the $250,000 limit is unacceptable since it will hit the [NY] metropolitan area disproportionately because of the high cost of living here."
If Obama does not even have Schumer's vote, he probably could not get 30 votes for his plan in the senate despite Democrat control of that body.
Of course, Schumer used to represent NY-9 when he was a congressman. His new opposition to Obama's plan may result from the GOP win in the special election there last week. Schumer is liberal, but more than that he is a political survivor. He would be the first to jump off of a sinking ship.
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