Despite warnings from President Obama's top economic advisers that new taxes for middle-income Americans cannot be ruled out, the White House insisted today that the president's "commitment" to a campaign pledge to avert new taxes for those earning less than $250,000 a year holds firm.Both Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and chief economic adviser Lawrence Summers had suggested during appearances on the Sunday morning news talk shows that tax increases could not be ruled out for Americans earning less than the threshold that the president has set.
Democrats walk a careful line on...But White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs adamantly and repeatedly insisted today that the president remains committed to his pledge — though he was unable to explain why Geithner and Summers had strayed from the administration's line.
...floating an idea from your boss out there maybe, doughboy?