While cutting a tax deal that includes unexpected stimulus goodies, the President took the opportunity to position himself between Congressional Democrats and Congressional Republicans, two of the least popular groups in America and an excellent place for the President to be. Obama also set up a coming debate on comprehensive tax reform, a great issue for him and Democrats. Paul Krugman worries that while the tax cuts for the wealthy last through 2012, the stimulus portion of the new tax deal expires at the end of 2011, setting a potential economic land mine timed to explode for the 2012 elections. He might be right, but this will have to be an issue for another day.