t who feel the republicans have given him a lifeline. i think conservatives think for ten years now democrats have said they don t want to extend the upper income tax cuts. they were forced to extend the upper income tax cuts, thereat win. they got mostly what they wanted. i m starting to hear now, alex wagner, of president obama got shellacked on november 2. having a good month after yesterday s don t ask, don t tell victory because it didn t look like it was going to happen, and it happens with 65 senate votes. didn t the press portray that story a little bit differently because journalists are a lotym rights to the gay in the military and granting tax cuts to the rich? i think as far as don t ask, don t tell is concerned, that s really something for nothing insofar as the white house didn t have political capital pushing that through. on friday gibbs was asked, why is the president not using the bully pulpit, why has he not tried to move the ball forward in a more aggressive