Washington Post: “The White House has leaned on polling suggesting Republicans will take the lion’s share of the blame if the worst should happen, according to the senior aides. Aides are confident that their messaging about important programs that the Republicans want to cut will resonate with voters — and that they will be able to link the collapse to Republican ‘extremism’ on the economy and their out-of-step stances on other issues like abortion and guns.”
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