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					Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop  Seems to me that everything he says right now is tailored to make House Republicans think he's doing a good job, so that when he finally needs to sell them on a deal, he has a better chance.  Once there's a deal, he'll be the guy that got the deal done -- for better or worse -- but if he reaches a deal with the White House and then can't sell it to the House Republicans, isn't he done? | 
	
 It is true that if he gets a reasonable deal through all will be (begrudgingly perhaps) forgotten quickly.  
And, of course, if the car hits the wall, do we really care about which dead guy is to blame?