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Debt limit mood darkens as GOP muddles own message - David Rogers - POLITICO.com
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Washingtons political mood darkened dramatically Tuesday, as the debt ceiling crisis showed signs of spinning out of control and Republicans began looking for an escape path from the default showdown they helped create.
For the first time, President Barack Obama warned that Social Security checks for millions of senior citizens could be in jeopardy next month, and White House talks ran into the early evening with House leaders missing multiple votes on the floor.
Republicans are no longer making any attempt to hide whats become a deep-seated distrust of the president, but, even more striking, GOP leaders continue to work at cross-purposes with one another even at the table in front of Obama himself.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) set the days tone early with a blast aimed at the president but implicitly undercutting House Majority Leader Eric Cantors efforts to craft a $2 trillion deficit-reduction package with the administration. This followed Cantors role in pulling back Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) from pursuing a still larger, $4 trillion, 10-year deal with Obama. And McConnell in turn got his own thumping from House Republicans who quickly dissed his suggested backup plan that would allow the debt ceiling to increase this month, subject only to a resolution of disapproval from Congress.
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