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WSJ Editorial Bashes GOP On Payroll Tax Cut Fight

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The Wall Street Journal editorial board is out with a tough op-ed against Republicans over the payroll tax cut debacle:

GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell famously said a year ago that his main task in the 112th Congress was to make sure that President Obama would not be re-elected. Given how he and House Speaker John Boehner have handled the payroll tax debate, we wonder if they might end up re-electing the President before the 2012 campaign even begins in earnest.

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