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President Obama is a basketball junkie. As we all know, he plays with a bunch of accomplished and physical players, including one who bopped him on the lip last week.

When I played basketball in high school, my coach taught me a valuable lesson about playing defense. Don’t follow the ball, he told me, follow the offensive player’s midsection. You can’t go anywhere without your midsection.

I have been following Mr. Obama’s midsection when it comes to this debate about taxes. The ball is the president’s declaration that he wants to raise taxes only on those making more than $250,000 a year. His midsection says he wants to raise taxes on everybody.

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