Both candidates deserve equal blame for not addressing with any specificity California's most urgent problem.

ECONOMIST: The California governor's race

What we have not seen is any specificity from the Republicans or any indication from the leadership that they're going to accept the basic principle that wealthier Americans are going to pay higher rates, rates that were in place under the Clinton administration when this economy grew rapidly, the middle class saw its incomes rise and the wealthy did very well, to boot.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney,

And you certainly can't achieve it through the kind of vague proposal that we've seen from Republicans, which contains no specificity whatsoever, not a single deduction named or loophole identified to be closed.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing