CNN The Lead With Jake Tapper October 10, 2013 20:24:00
Scene that ruth marcus at "the post" wrote a column on yesterday about obama realizing its kind of the king solomon moment. you cant be the mother who divides the baby. that a president, because he has to lead the whole country, republicans and democrats, is constrained and he acknowledged to his aides and when i interviewed him, he said well, i didnt say this publicly, but the reality was he was in a weak position because he knew he had to make a deal. the republicans at least up to this moment...
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