Class-warfare death wish

Larry Kudlow looks at the DEMS continued attempt to wage class-warfare. They are ignoring party moderates like NM Gov Bill Richardson who have demonstrated fiscal success by keeping taxes low. Are the DEMS committing political suicide? Many think so...more to follow//JW sends.

Carrying the tired Kerry line were Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, and former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina. They all repeated the chant of “tax cuts for the wealthy,” stating that the Bush tax cuts must be pulled back. This will sit well with Howard Dean, the duly-elected DNC chair whose anti-war presidential campaign platform also included a full rollback of the tax cuts. (Note, by the way, that Reid and Pelosi are minority leaders, as Republicans control both the Senate and the House. Note also that John Edwards is a former senator, as his Senate seat was taken over by Republican Richard Burr after his veep bid fell short.)

The only dissent from the DNC class-warfare position came from New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, a former Clinton Energy secretary and U.N. ambassador. Richardson believes in pro-growth fiscal policies and has cut income taxes and capital-gains taxes in his home state since becoming governor. But the Democrats are turning a deaf ear to Richardson and other party moderates. They prefer that the Democratic party remains the tax-increasing party.