The Republicans made some tentative moves to reach an accommodation with the Democrats and President Obama today. At day's end, they announced an "encouraging" meeting with the President.
Perhaps the government shutdown, and the prospect of a default, will soon be resolved.
Of course, the fierce fighters of the Right aren't going to give up unconditionally; they're tough, dedicated, take-no-prisoners guys. There will be a hard price for Obama to pay. The Repubs have focused on the one issue that is, above all, raising howls of outrage from the American People, and they won't agree to anything until it is addressed.
They're still working on the slogan. Something along the lines of "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!"
But no matter what, they demand, absolutely demand, alongside the millions who are marching in the streets, an end to the universally hated 2% tax on medical devices.
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