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Obama, GOP hope for post-election compromise

In any normal year, this should be the lull time, the predictable rest between election night and when the governing begins.

Who said this year is normal?

Instead of basking in his victory, Barack Obama is staring over the edge of a steep fiscal cliff. And instead of sharpening their knives -- OK, along with sharpening their knives -- the president's Republican opponents are speaking...

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