Not replying to CS, just tacking a comment on the end of the thread. From the President's press conference today:
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Asked why he wouldn't spell out any consequences, the president replied, "Because I think that we don't know yet how this thing is going to play out. I know everybody here is on a 24-hour news cycle. I'm not."

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/23/obama.news.conference/index.html


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