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Post by bot on Oct 14, 2013 19:24:33 GMT -5
Democrats Stay Firm Jonathan Cohn: "Democratic leaders haven't been changing the terms of the deal. On the contrary, Obama, Reid, and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi have been remarkably consistent--over time and with one another. The Democrats are happy to negotiate over fiscal policy, they say. But they won't allow Republicans to gain extra leverage by refusing to fund the government or increase the Treasury's borrowing authority. As far as the Democrats are concerned, those tactics amount to extortion. Allowing Republicans to succeed, they say, would be even worse than shuttering the government or allowing a default--even though the former has been plenty bad and the latter would be even worse." politicalwire.com/archives/2013/10/14/democrats_stay_firm.html
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