Whoa. Heavy thud on Tom Daschle's doorstep -- last year's 10-year tax cuts to be made permanent, and be made now, not over the remaining nine years.
That's gonna generate excitement and the usual howls of pain from the usual (non-)sufferers.
But it still won't calm jittery markets out past a week.
That was the most brilliant stroke of a political genius I've ever seen.
Checkmate witha smile.