First Read: “While most of the day-after attention here is on Boehner and House Republicans, don’t lose sight of the role President Obama played, too. For the large part of five years, he’s earned the reputation as a bad negotiator and someone who will draw a line in the sand and not stick with it. But after his re-election victory in 2012, he and his team said they would NOT negotiate over the debt limit, they stuck with it, and it produced results.”
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Trial Balloon · Ep. 191: Blue Wave Update
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