I'll start by conceding that I don't have a fully clear understanding of the underlying machinations associated with the debt limit increase, but I haven't seen any convincing evidence against Obama and Dems just holding the line on a clean debt limit increase vote. Arguments against seem to be based on the assumption that Dems are going to crumble and accede to Rep demands in order to get it passed, but I don't see any signals suggesting that's a likely outcome. The assumption is based on previous concessions, but assumes that Dems haven't learned from previous concession-based failures, and ignores the inconvenient truth that the key Dem players are all apprarently willing to call the Rep bluff on this.
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