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The Politics Behind The Debt-Ceiling Drama

The scene has become strikingly familiar over the 2 1/2 years of the Obama administration: congressional leaders footslogging in front of cameras to the White House for another "bipartisan" meeting to resolve yet another stalemate.


This time, however, the Thursday-morning debt-ceiling confab in the Cabinet Room opened with a slightly different feel.

The president's hair was visibly grayer. The stakes