The centrist fades and the real Obama resurfaces

By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
Washington Post Writers Group
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Washington Post Writers Group
Updated: 2011-09-27T01:10:17Z


In a 2008 debate, Charlie Gibson asked Barack Obama about his support for raising capital gains taxes, given the historical record of government losing net revenue as a result. Obama persevered: “Well, Charlie, what I’ve said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.â€