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"Other Republican sources are telling me they do not want to risk the destruction of the dollar as the world’s reserve currency by allowing a debt default or a downgrade. Eighty million checks have to go out. Otherwise the GOP could be blamed.
"So one way or the other the tide is turning toward a deal. Credit McConnell’s uber-clever stratagem."
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| Napoleon Obamapart by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times |
Obama Owns the Debt-Ceiling Fiasco "His tone also hasn't helped achieve a comprehensive agreement. The president's two most recent press conferences, in which he accused the GOP of foot-dragging, convinced Republicans that he was interested in scoring political points and attracting independents, not facilitating a deal. Convening high-profile White House meetings without offering substantive concrete proposals and then having his aides leak madly (and inaccurately) to the press afterward further squandered trust." Karl Rove.
Obama’s Waterloo; By overreaching, the president has positioned himself for defeat: "Republicans have a golden opportunity to break Barack Obama’s presidency, ensuring he will be a one-termer. Mr. Obama has backed himself into a corner on the debt-limit talks; the GOP can smash his re-election prospectsif they have the will - and intelligence - to do it"
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