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Notion of maintaining a purist position. all throughout the midterm elections you heard the president talk about i will not extend the tax cuts for those above 250. that was the hard line position he took. republicans hard line position was -- >> there was an election. >> i get there was an election. when you hear republicans talk about principle, talk about this is where we stand, democrats are saying why did you give in? the reality is the white house blinked. republicans remained steadfast. that's just a reality. >> i do think this is a change of strategy. there's no question the first two ...
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