Foxx: "I'm Important. No, Really!"

Rather humorous that on the heels of the blog this week, Anthony Foxx gets the White House treatment - and gets, for all intents and purposes, laughed at by US News & World Report:

Starved of Democratic support on Capitol Hill for his tax compromise with Republican leaders, President Obama has been forced to cast a wide net over the country in hopes of snaring some help. His meager take so far: the mayor of Charlotte, N.C., Anthony Foxx, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Vermont Gov. Jim Douglas, and Pennsylvania Gov. Edward Rendell.

It's not surprising at all that Foxx does his best to curry favor with the White House. He really, really wants to bring the DNC here in 2012. Not holding that against him, as there are plenty of people on both sides of the aisle looking to make a buck. We'll get to that if/when the time comes....

USN&WR continues, saying:

But citing the mayor of Charlotte as a key supporter of the tax compromise that will let the wealthy keep the Bush tax cut Obama campaigned against? Why not, says the mayor: “We count. We’re not Podunk,” Foxx tells Whispers.

Still, as Meck Deck points out, Foxx's attempt for the headlines puts him in direct conflict with the House Democratic caucus.

For now, I'll leave the argument to Charles Krauthammer, who kills the deal in his latest column.