In Paul Krugman’s column Let’s Not Make a Deal, he said:

Yes, letting taxes go up would be politically risky. But giving in would be risky, too — especially for a president whom voters are starting to write off as a man too timid to take a stand. Now is the time for him to prove them wrong.

Apparently he has come to agree with my satirical post Obama Vows To Veto Tax Cut For The Wealthy where I said:

The need to cut trillions of dollars from the deficit over the next decade mandated the ending of the tax cut to people who didn’t desperately need it.