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The president ended his remarks at 6:40pm ET, and took no questions from reporters. Now the question becomes: Do Democrats (and Republicans, for that matter) have the votes? In the next 24 hours, we'll likely witness the odd spectacle of John Boehner and Nancy Pelosi fighting to convince their caucuses to back the same plan.
UPDATE V: Supporters of this deal, beware. CNN reports Vice President Biden will head to Capitol Hill tomorrow to rally Democratic support for the plan. What could go wrong? (Paul Begala is now attacking Obama's speech, and calling early liberal reviews of the deal "tough"). NBC's
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UPDATE VI: Mitch McConnell reacts (favorably). Also, in a relieving development, Sen Kyl is still throwing cold water on the prospects for new START being ratified during the lame duck session. This partially allays one of my greatest concerns over the recent backroom dealings: That there may have been an unspoken quid pro quo regarding that dreadful treaty in the tax deal. Kyl's comment to NRO suggests that there is not.
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