by David Safier
Misleading Headline Alert (by which one renders a misleading headline acceptable): The headline is talking about U.S. House District 26 in New York. Any resemblance to Arizona's LD-26 may be purely coincidental. Then again . . .
Democrat Kathy Hochul shouldn't have stood a chance in hell. Democrats never — Never! — win in that heavily Republican New York district. Even coming close would have been a victory of sorts. But winning? Probably by 5 to 6 points?
Does this victory have legs? Can Democrats bring an LD or a CD or a state office or two back into our column in 2012? Should Melvin and Williams and Proud be feeling a bit of a tremor in their LD-26 living rooms?
This is the first clear sign that the nation is feeling more than a little buyer's remorse over the 2010 elections. May it be the first of many.
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Flat tax is dead as support.
Business/wealthy won’t support it because they would pay more (and we know how they hate paying more than the voters). Scoop is the epitome of Tea Party robo-bloggers (paid for the intrusion), the flat tax idea would also not allow Tea-publican legislature and govenor to balance the budget by raiding accounts/cities.
When the Tea Party (not a real party) can offer facts on “freeloading” and not conjecture, tax paying voters may listen.
The flat tax has never had significant support and never will.
The flat tax scheme is a flat tire — it’s not going anywhere.
We can only hope that Proud’s support of a flat tax which would have raised taxes on 6 out of 7 Arizonans to give a tax break to the remaining 7th Arizonan (who happens to be the richest one!) will be equally unpopular.