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Obama tries to sandwich Republicans on jobs plan, at a Washington deli

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

President Obama stopped by a Washington sandwich shop Wednesday to pick up some hoagies for a lunch with Capitol Hill leaders at the White House — and to make his latest pitch for Congress to support his economic agenda.
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Why we’re headed for more debt limit brinksmanship

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

House Speaker John Boehner gave the political world a dose of deja vu on Tuesday when he said Republicans would again hold their ground when the debt limit again comes to a vote in 2013.
“We shouldn’t dread the debt limit,” Boehner said at the Peter G. Peterson Fiscal Summit. “We should welcome it. It’s an action-forcing event in a town that has become infamous for inaction.”
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W on the trail; no one’s on third; and rare bipartisanship (read-this roundup)

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Here’s what the Loop is reading this morning:

Going up? — Former President George W. Bush finally endorsed Mitt Romney (the suspense was killing us) from the inside of an elevator. Our colleague Karen Tumulty reports that the former president has been low-key on the campaign trail—particularly when compared with another ex-prez (hint: rhymes with Shlinton).
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Manly Barack Obama

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

Rarely do we see the words “manliness” and “Democrat” joined in a single thought, yet New York Times columnist David Brooks has linked the two, arguing that in a still-saggy economy, Barack Obama is running even with Mitt Romney thanks to “a kind of ESPN manliness” in his leadership style.
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Mitt Romney campaigns in Florida, Obama presses ‘To-Do List’| Schedules for May 16

Wednesday, May 16th, 2012

President Obama will push his “To-Do List” for Congress on Wednesday morning, once with Congressional leadership and again with small business owners in Washington, while presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney will spend the first of two day this week campaigning in Florida.
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