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CBS News/ December 18, 2012, 6:57 AM

Poll: 50 percent think "fiscal cliff" deal possible by year's end

CBS News Poll: Fiscal Cliff
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Brandt931 says:
Will we ever see bipartisan politics in our country again? The fringe element within the Republican Party has pushed them all to the far right of the isle where they've gridlocked our government for two years now. Will the next two be any different? They've been very public about their main goal being to block and bamboozle the President's every move. It takes many hands to paint the Blackface on Obama. See my visual report of his makeup session at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/10/bamboozling-obama.html
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TimeToEvolve says:
The contrived "debt cliff" is barely in the top 5 of devastating cliffs we are approaching.

There is the poverty cliff in America that only responsible well-funded national government can stop us from falling over. There is the medical cost cliff that only universal single payer health care will solve. And maybe most ominous in the climate change cliff. We are going the completely opposite direction to solve this and we may soon reach a point of no return.
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inketolstoy says:
Of course a deal will be reached. Despite what many partisan posters might believe, there is no difference between either parties' fiscal irresponsibility. In the end, most of our "leaders" will do what it takes to continue spending irresponsibly and buy as many votes as they can. We went over the fiscal cliff decades ago, but still we refuse to pull the parachute cord to slow the fall.
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sshawsnow says:
Biggest problem here? None of the people in Washington has the slightest inkling or realistic view of how the majority of us live. If they had to manage on some of the common public's household incomes, maybe they could figure out how to manage the budget for an entire country. Sure cuts in spending must be made. The main strategy in any budget, however, is to bring in more money whenever possible. A larger income always seems to help my budget.
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DrSam800 says:
LET'S GO OFF THE CLIFF THEN SO THESE BOZOS WILL MAINTAIN THEIR "CONSERVATIVE PRINCIPLES." Boehner's so-called concession is not enough--it is an eye wash to make him appear to have conceded something.

OBAMA CAMPAINED AND WON ON RAISING TAXES FOR THOSE EARNING MORE THAN $250,000, NOT $1,000,000.

OBAMA, BY THE LATEST COUNT, NOW HAS A WHOPPER OF A MANDATE—he won the election by almost 4% point, not by about 2% point as previously estimated. But Republicans in Washington are still trying to control the agenda, as if the election never happened. I hope Obama will stand tall this time and carry out the mandate the American people gave him! He should never allow Boehner, Ryan and Cantor to try to implement Romney's campaign agenda.
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baileycccc says:
The republican "obstructionist vote" needs to come around or "kiss their failed party" goodbye. The mid-term elections will be the referendum on these clowns.
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skeezix06 replies:
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The republicans aren't the biggest problem on this one. Obama's obsessive need to cave in is.
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skeezix06 says:
Given media reports of Obama's idea of compromise, I think going over the cliff would be preferable.
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