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On the recordApril 6, 2011
This is going to be his choice and he's going to sleep on it, I suppose, tonight. Either he takes the position of the Republican base... or he tries to find a bipartisan solution.
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Paul Begala
Democratic · Texas

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Paul Begala describes the difficult position Speaker Boehner is in regarding Republican and bipartisan negotiations.

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