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Topic: Debt ceiling (page 14)

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. (J. Scott Applewhite)

Andrew Leonard
U.S. Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens during remarks about leadership elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 16, 2010. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (© Jim Young / Reuters)

How to translate nutty GOP debt ceiling rhetoric

Andrew Leonard
Joe Scarborough, host of "Morning Joe", takes part in the NBC News Decision '08 panel at the NBC Universal summer press tour in Beverly Hills, California July 21, 2008. REUTERS/Fred Prouser (UNITED STATES) (© Fred Prouser / Reuters)

Alex Pareene
President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Monday, July 11, 2011, in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Joan Walsh
President Barack Obama meets with congressional leadership in the Cabinet Room of the White House,Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Washington, to discuss the debt House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, and House Speaker John Boehner. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Associated Press)

James K. Galbraith
President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Thursday, July, 7, 2011, in the briefing room at the White House in Washington.(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

The fool's gold of a "grand bargain"

Steve Kornacki
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, left, and President Barack Obama meet with congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House,Sunday, July 10, 2011, in Washington, to discuss the debt. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

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President Barack Obama talks about the ongoing budget negotiations, Thursday, July, 7, 2011, in the briefing room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Associated Press
U.S. President Barack Obama (R) and Speaker of the House John Boehner are joined by Congressional leaders as they discuss ongoing efforts to find a balanced approach to deficit reduction in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington July 7, 2011. Congressional leaders are still far apart on a wide range of budget issues but agree on the need to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, and will meet again on Sunday, Obama said on Thursday. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) (© Larry Downing / Reuters)

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Rep. Paul Broun

Alex Pareene

The GOP turns its back on the Gipper

Gene Lyons
President Barack Obama makes a statement to reporters about debt ceiling negotiations, Tuesday, July 5, 2011, in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) (Charles Dharapak)

Andrew Leonard

David Brooks loses his debt ceiling cool

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Jim DeMint and Tim Geithner

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President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, June 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., makes her formal announcement to seek the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, Monday, June 27, 2011, in Waterloo, Iowa. Bachmann, who was born in Waterloo, will continue her announcement tour this week with stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) (Charlie Riedel)

Bachmann-omics: An annotated guide

Andrew Leonard
FILE -- In this file photo of Thursday, June 16, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, right, stands with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington. Cantor, who has been participating in bipartisan budget talks headed by Vice President Joe Biden, pulled out today citing an impasse over taxes that required intervention by President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP)

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy annual fundraising event on Tuesday, June 21, 2011 in Chicago. Gov. Pat Quinn and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel were among the 900 people who attended a fundraiser. (AP Photo/Brian Kersey) (AP)

Ken Thomas
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., meets with reporters in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, June 13, 2011. Cantor praised Vice President Joe Biden for his shepherding of the bi-partisan Congressional panel working to solve the debt crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

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Andrew Taylor
Republican senators John McCain, Jim DeMint, and Rand Paul

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Ronald Reagan

Gene Lyons

Why the debt ceiling must, and will, be raised

Andrew Leonard
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