BY JOE CONASON Suddenly Republican leaders in Congress, after months of staring down the Democrats over a potentially disastrous debt default, began blinking so fast that they might be signaling in Morse code. Although their message is muddled and illogical – with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-VA, saying he can accept closing tax loopholes only if such measures are “revenue neutral,” thus canceling their budgetary value – the Republicans now appear to understand that […]

Obama’s Raw Deal?
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