For Boehner, Dance Won't Be Getting Easier

John Harwood, NY Times
After this week, the steps for Speaker John A. Boehner will grow progressively harder in his budget minuet with Democratic adversaries.But there’s little disputing that he has moved deftly to this point.What once shaped up as a week of desultory brinksmanship over a potential government shutdown has been largely drained of suspense. The White House and Senate Democrats are quibbling over the details and duration of the two-week spending extension that House Republican leaders have proposed, but they have embraced its fundamental elements.

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/02/28/for_boehner_dance_won039t_be_getting_easier_251204.html

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