President pushes for tax hike because 'it's essential to our economic recovery program'

Oh sorry, that was Saint Reagan in August of 1982. Why is it that Reagan could do this but Obama is a socialist for letting tax cuts expire for a few percent of the US taxpayers? Imagine the possibilities if the administration had not been so aggressive against "the left of the left" during their laughable and pathetic attempts to win over the extreme right. If there are any signs of success from that adventure they don't look obvious in the polls.