Political history has given us many great economic portmanteaus--Reaganomics, Clintonomics, etc. But it's clear that this year's lasting contribution to that list should not be 'Obamanomics,' or the awkward 'McCainomics' (how about mavericonomics?). No, it should be Plumbernomics.

Plumbernomics is the phenomenon through which middle-class voters become so confused, misled, or stupid enough that they believe that their taxes would be raised under an (can I just say, 'the'?) Obama administration, even though they plainly would not.

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