'Wealthy'

I never did understand why Obama and the Democrats latched onto the $250,000 threshold as defining the "wealthy" in the whole tax cut debate.

Just this week, the president explained that Robert Gibbs would be leaving the White House because he's been working for "relatively modest pay." Yet, Gibbs' $172,000 salary, along with the earnings from wife, a practicing attorney, would almost certainly put them in that category of "wealthy."

There's no question Gibbs will make more money working as a "private consultant" for the Obama reelection campaign, but the president's remark exposes the hypocrisy of his rhetoric.