According to the Democratic polling, when voters were asked whether they preferred all of Bush’s tax cuts to be made permanent or only those aimed at the middle-class — excluding those “for the wealthy and big business” — those surveyed said they would prefer the latter by a wide margin… When given a choice between the Democratic argument — raising taxes on CEOs and the very rich to pay for broad middle-class relief — and the GOP argument — raising taxes to pay for pet projects will hurt millions of individuals, investors and small businesses — the Democratic argument won in a landslide even in GOP-held districts, the memo says.