Why the "grand bargain" between Obama and Republicans, left for dead a week ago, is back in play.
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0 Left 0 Centered 0 RightPresident Obama addresses the debt negotiations on July 19, 2011President Obama has tried to guilt, shame, and cajole House Republicans into a more flexible position on raising the debt limit. Lately his public statements have contained new pieces of evidence aimed to show House Republicans how isolated they are. Last week he mentioned the polls: Americans and a majority of Republicans support Obama's view that a final deal must include a mix of spending reductions and revenues from changes in t...