Every time Bush hammered the tax issue, his numbers went up.

FORBES: Election Stranger Than Fiction

George Bush was hammered for preferring unilateral cuts and so agreed to a treaty with Russia.

ECONOMIST: Nuclear disarmament

Republicans will not want to see the Bush tax cuts expire and resist further increases in the federal debt ceiling until a budget and tax agreement has been hammered out.

FORBES: Cain's 9-9-9 Plan and Perry's Flat Tax Likely to Assure Expiration of Bush Tax Cuts and Major Battle over the Debt Ceiling