Hume: President playing by 'Democratic playbook'

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Your ring to it let's get some perspective now from senior political analyst for him to -- Brit -- There is something almost depressing about president Obama's campaign to enact the -- he gains tax increase.

That will do almost nothing to offset the hundreds of billions in deficit spending he contemplates in the years ahead.

This is a man who ran as someone new and different who would take us beyond what he called.

The tired old argument to the pass into a new era not of red and blue America but the United States of America.

Then after shoving his two major initiatives stimulus spending and Obama -- through congress on purely partisan votes.

He and his party got a severe rebuke from voters in the mid term elections.

He could then have shifted course reach out to -- -- political opponents to craft a new bipartisan agenda and -- sharply cutting the deficit reforming the tax code and boosting economic growth in ways that would have attracted Republican votes he did not do that and he is not seeking reelection on a program to do that either.

Instead he is dusted off some of the oldest ideas in the democratic playbook accusing Republicans of cruelty in their budget plans and unfairness in their tax ideas.

These notions may poll well but does the president really think that in the end.

Voters will overlook the swelling debt the feeble economy a health care law they dislike.

To vote for him because he favors a small -- -- -- tax increase on the rich.

That he can't pass now and probably can't -- later either.

I'm British you look at.

The head to head polls between Mitt Romney the presumed nominee the Republican side and President Obama the latest Gallup tracking poll the three day Gallup tracking poll has Mitt Romney up two points.

Within the margin of error but there are some interesting numbers inside these polls this one and a few others for.

It should be noted that CNN has a poll out today that has.

Has Obama up I think -- six or eight.

But within those it's worth looking our poll Fox News poll came out of the day and the Gallup poll among independence.

Both have Romney up six that CNN poll.

Has Obama up six among independents I would sit on balance.

These polls are pretty good news for Romney at this stage it -- -- the president one might think after the beating that Romney is taken from his opponents in the Republican primary season.

Do you think that Obama would be up mr.

about would be up.

But apparently not favorite thing.

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