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Lee Terry: “Yes. That I think that's to his political advantage to do that, because then he gets to blame us, set up the 2014…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2012
Yes. That I think that's to his political advantage to do that, because then he gets to blame us, set up the 2014 elections by us being the bad guys.
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Lee Terry
Nebraska

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Congressman Lee Terry suggests that President Obama may benefit politically from allowing the country to go over the fiscal cliff.

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