He tried to coax lawmakers into striking a grand deficit-reducing bargain. Then he tried disappearing for a week to let Congress figure it out.

Neither approach worked.

Now, with time running out before a possible U.S. government default, President Obama is back at the center of the drama. Only this time, he?s been dragged back on terms that are anything but his own. Now he?s forced to try to come up with a solution over the next 48 hours that has not been apparent in weeks of negotiations.

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