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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors about politics.

It's Thursday, November 29th. I'm Dorothy Wickendon, executive editor of The New Yorker writers and editors about politics. It's Thursday, November 29th. I'm Dorothy

Wicenden, executive editor of The New Yorker. The Bush tax cuts will expire in a month, and there

isn't a deal yet. Seemingly, not much has changed in Congress since Obama's reelection. Republicans

want to hang on to the tax cuts and cut spending. President Obama wants to return tax rates on the wealthy to what they

were under Bill Clinton. But some Republicans are showing signs of flexibility.

If you cap deductions around the $30,000,000 range, you can raise a trillion dollars in revenue.

Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina told ABC News that he is ready to abandon his longstanding

pledge not to raise taxes.

I will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country, only if Democrats

will do entitlement reform.

Hendrick Hertzberg, John Cassidy, and Ryan Lizza are here to discuss the brinkmanship

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