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Before the rooster crows a hundred more times, with liberal Democrats and Tea Party Republicans sharing outrage about various spending bills, Nancy Pelosi might be called upon to deliver enough Democratic votes to avoid a fiscal disaster.

If the pending "spending compromise" were decided by secret voting in the House of Representatives, it would probably be defeated.

Do not understimate the liberal outrage toward the direction of the Obama administration.

Do not underestimate the ideological rigidity of many Republican members of the House who could be very willing to precipitate a crisis and potentially a crash by voting against major bills, including the debt-ceiling extension.

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