Why we're right.

Scott Lehigh's report in the Boston Globe demonstrates why the Democratic Congress was right to force the R's to adopt middle class tax reform and why Kerry is right to insist that those reforms be protected.

"Consider these numbers from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.

Fully 31.5 percent of joint filers (married couples) got a tax break of between $2,001 and $5,000, with an average tax cut $3,096. Another 18 percent of joint filers saw their tax burden fall by between $1,201 and $2,000, with an average reduction of $1,622. In all, 54 percent of joint filers got a tax break of between $1,001 and $5,000.

When it comes to families with children, 40 percent got a tax break ranging from $2,001 to $5,000 (average: $3,151), while another 30 percent got a tax cut of $1,201 to $2,000 (average: $1,624)."

That's 'what middle-class tax cut,' Governor.