President Obama and the progressives

President Barack Obama discusses debt deal
President Barack Obama leaves after making a statement on debt crisis at the White House in Washington, D.C., on July 31, 2011. He announced late Sunday that he and top lawmakers had reached an 11th-hour deal to avert a disastrous debt default that would have sown chaos in the world economy.
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