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To: epicure who wrote (213571)	1/2/2013 10:34:07 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541697

Despite my stated objections to Obama's negotiating style, I'm still looking at this one. As the contents of the deal are better known, it does look as if he did better than the first cut suggested. But I'm looking at these negotiations as a part of a series and I can't tell whether this positions him better or the same. I don't think it's worse. The key part of the future negotiations is whether he sticks with his often stated resolve to not let the debt ceiling be a part of any negotiations. I would not be surprised if he wavered on that since he tried to get it include in various versions of a grand bargain this time around. The other thing I'm watching closely, as, I suspect, everyone is, is what happens to the House Republican leadership conflicts. Was last night's split vote--Boehner and Ryan for and Cantor and McCarthy opposed--an indication that Cantor plans to take a run at Boehner? Or was it just a spat among allies/friends? Gonna learn the answer to that one as early as tomorrow.