Here is the full text of President Obama's press conference yesterday. Take note of the first question, and the last. The emphasis is mine.
It started with:
Ben Feller.
Q: Thank you, Mr. President. You've been telling the American people all along that you oppose extending the tax cuts for the wealthier Americans. You said that again today. But what you never said was that you oppose the tax cuts, but you'd be willing to go ahead and extend them for a couple years if the politics of the moment demand it. So what I'm wondering is when you take a stand like you had, why should the American people believe that you're going to stick with it? Why should the American people believe that you're not going to flip flop?
And it ended with:
Jonathan Weisman, last question.
Q: Some on the left have questioned -- have looked at this deal and questioned what your core values are, what specifically you will go to the mat on. I'm wondering if you can reassure them with some specific things in saying, all right, this is where I don't budge. And along those lines, what's going to be different in 2012, when all these tax cuts again are up for expiration?
Someone has a messaging problem, no?
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