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Senate republicans first. can he move enough of them to give speaker boehner cover to pass something that doesn't have the support of the majority of the boehner's majority? yesterday the president outlined his approach. >> over the last several weeks the press here in washington has been reporting about obama's charm offensive. the truth of the matter is all i've been doing is just calling up folks and trying to see if we can break through some of the gobbledygook of our politics here. >> if the president is going to wear down enough republicans to work with him, the charm offensive can't sto...

>> frank and candid are always interesting diplomatic code words when year overseas. thiser boehner in today's "the washington post." for all of washington's focus on the president's outreach to republicans, it's his engagement with members of his own party n that will determine whether we succeed dealing with the challenges facing our economy. the fact is there are folks on both side of the aisle that talk a good game on the idea of reforming medicare or doing something about social security, nobody wants to own the plan. they want to agree to it reluctantly to a plan brought up by the other ...