Just dropped · Trial Balloon · Ep. 193
The Magnificent Seven
“Clearly, having the House Republican caucus behaving the way they are, and are signaling strongly they will continue to behave, is going to give the president an easy contrast. What the House Republican caucus is doing for him is giving him a way to draw a contrast between what he is for — what he’s trying to get done, and who he’s trying to get it done for — with the House Republicans.”
— White House adviser Anita Dunn, quoted by the New York Times.
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