It’s not about which political party comes out on top, or who wins or loses in Washington. It’s about making smart decisions that will have a real impact on your lives and the lives of Americans all across the country. Short, simple, direct and sweet: Extend the middle-class tax cuts. Yes, for the fourth week in a row, President Obama chose to use his weekly address to send just the one over-riding message of how tax cuts for the middle class need to be extended and will not be held hostage to Republican insistence on giving tax breaks to the rich. The Senate has already done their part.