TAXINGWHAT a surprise. You might think that having reached across the aisle and given the GOP nearly everything they wanted on tax cuts, to the detriment of his ties to his Democratic base, would earn Obama a little teensy bit of credit with the Repubs. Of course, you would be wronghttp://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/two-major-conservative-obstacles-emerge-to-tax-cut-compromise.phpTwo key