On Dec. 31, 2012, three weeks before the end of President Barack Obama’s current term in office, the Bush tax cuts expire. Income tax rates will return to their Clinton-era levels...

That amounts to a $3.6 trillion tax increase over 10 years, three or four times the $800 billion to $1.2 trillion in revenue increases that Obama and Speaker John Boehner were kicking around. And all Democrats need to do to secure that deal is -- nothing.

Democrats Can Lose Debt Fight, Win on Bush Tax Cuts: Ezra Klein

So, of course, everyone (who is not a news junkie) will think that it's the Republicans--if we win the Senate and the presidency in 2012--who suddenly raised all their taxes!

Obama is vindictive, aside from being a socialist, and will gladly let this happen if he is voted out of office.