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Zorro

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Wed Sep 5, 2012, 11:22 PM Sep 2012

Bob Woodward Book: Debt Deal Collapse Led to 'Pure Fury' From President Obama

An explosive mix of dysfunction, miscommunication, and misunderstandings inside and outside the White House led to the collapse of a historic spending and debt deal that President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were on the verge of reaching last summer, according to revelations in author Bob Woodward's latest book.

The book, "The Price of Politics," on sale Sept. 11, 2012, shows how close the president and the House speaker were to defying Washington odds and establishing a spending framework that included both new revenues and major changes to long-sacred entitlement programs.

But at a critical juncture, with an agreement tantalizingly close, Obama pressed Boehner for additional taxes as part of a final deal – a miscalculation, in retrospect, given how far the House speaker felt he'd already gone.

The president called three times to speak with Boehner about his latest offer, according to Woodward. But the speaker didn't return the president's phone call for most of an agonizing day, in what Woodward calls a "monumental communications lapse" between two of the most powerful men in the country.

More at: http://news.yahoo.com/bob-woodward-book-debt-deal-collapse-led-pure-151043612.html

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Bob Woodward Book: Debt Deal Collapse Led to 'Pure Fury' From President Obama (Original Post) Zorro Sep 2012 OP
K&R gateley Sep 2012 #1
Another. Bob Woodward book. bluestateguy Sep 2012 #2
Yep. No way was Boehner agreeing to anything. Ikonoklast Sep 2012 #3
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