At what point do you feel that you declare stalemate to try and reach common ground?

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The President is committed, as he made clear in his speech on Wednesday, to moving forward in a bipartisan way to reach common ground on this important issue of fiscal reform.

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And from that point of view, that initiative to share and discuss and dialogue and reach common ground with the president of the United States is something that I greatly appreciate.

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They will try to reach some common ground about the reforms he wants for the European Union.

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And though there is little agreement between the White House and Pelosi on the Iraq war, Snow said Bush hopes the conditions in Iraq will improve to the point that both sides can reach more common ground.

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And we have demonstrated our willingness to accept cuts that in an ideal world we would not support in order to reach a compromise and find common ground because nobody can get 100 percent of what they want in a process like this.

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So he will continue to work with leaders of both parties, beginning again this afternoon in the Roosevelt Room, to try to find common ground and to reach a compromise so that we can move this process forward and fulfill our obligations.

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And we believe -- notwithstanding the things that have been said, that there is ample common ground available to us to reach a compromise.

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