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Transcript JUDY WOODRUFF: President Obama announced late this afternoon that he will host the bipartisan congressional leadership at the White House Thursday for continued talks on a deal to reduce the deficit and raise the nation's debt limit. He went before cameras at the White House today to argue what he sees as the terms of debate ahead of this next round of negotiations. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: It's my hope that everybody is going to leave their ultimatums at the door, that we will all leave our political rhetoric at the door, and that we're going to do what's best...

It was an increasingly damp day (from a few drops of rain escalating to just short of a downpour), but the DEMOCRAT OBSTRUCTION DAY Rally and Press Conference went forth as planned. Close to a hundred very serious, very determined individuals were gathered in the rain to put the spotlight on the unconstitutional filibusters and other tactics being used by the Minority Senate Democrats to block well-qualified judicial nominees from an up or down vote by the full Senate. May 9 was the second anniversary of President Bush's first judicial circuit court nominations. Nine FReepers and lurkers were present at...