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Carl Leubsdorf: Sorry, GOP, but Obama has advantage in ‘cliff talks’

Dallas Morning News columnist Carl Leubsdorf says President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats hold the upper hand in fiscal cliff negotiations with House Speaker John Boehner and the Republicans.

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Republicans might have trouble explaining why they blocked a tax cut for most Americans in order to protect the wealthy, Carl Leubsdorf writes.

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