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" There&amp;#039;s a new ABC News/Washington Post poll out today. In it, we discover that most members of our Beltway elites might as well be living on the moon. The proposal to raise taxes on those earning more than $250,000 annually \u2014 one of President Obama&amp;#039;s central campaign pitches \u2014 continues to be popular among a large majority of Americans, according to the latestABC News/Washington Post poll out Wednesday. Sixty percent of those surveyed support the proposal, compared with just 37 percent who are opposed. The debate over raising taxes on the high-income earners was one of the defining issues of the 2012 campaign, although polls have consistently shown broad support for the proposal backed by Obama and the Democrats. Meanwhile, an even larger portion of Americans \u2014 67 percent \u2014 are opposed to raising the age for Medicare coverage from 65 to 67. Some Republicans such as Sen. Bob Corker (R-TN) have suggested raising the Medicare eligibility age as part of their proposal to avoid the so-called &amp;quot;fiscal cliff.&amp;quot; In other words, the country would be more than happy to spit on just about every proposal brought forward by people alleged to be Republican &amp;quot;moderates.&amp;quot; Now, call me Kreskin, but I&amp;#039;m betting that this poll will embolden The Grand Bargaineers because the courtier press will explain how bravely they are &amp;quot;standing up to special interests, even in their own parties.&amp;quot; (This will be particularly true of turncoat Democrats.) I would also bet something substantial that, if you reversed the results, and 67 percent of the people polled were in favor of Corker&amp;#039;s get-older-before-you-get-sicker computations, those same people would be praised by those same journalists for &amp;quot;acting in the public&amp;#039;s stated desire for bipartisan compromise.&amp;quot; Five-dollar window&amp;#039;s open. Any takers? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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