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US President Barack Obama (C) speaks during a meeting with US Speaker of the House John Boehner (back-L), Majority Leader Senator Harry Reid (R) and Vice President Joe Biden (L) in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on July 23, 2011.
Thursday, Sep. 01, 2011

Open quoteThis childish gamesmanship regarding timing reconfirms to the world that Washington is a sandbox full of petulant children who don't play well together.Close quote

  • DAVID ROTHKOPF,
  • former official in the Clinton Administration, after President Obama and Speaker Boehner clashed over the timing of the President's jobs speech
Photo: JEWEL SAMAD / AFP / Getty Images | Source: New York Times