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" In their ongoing discussions over the weekend about the debt ceiling, you have to wonder if Barack Obama and John Boehner negotiated on wearing this similar shade of purple-ish blue for their Sunday night, let&amp;#039;s-avoid-default speeches. Doubtful. Still, it&amp;#039;s hard not to make comparisons when two men on opposite sides of the aisle are wearing the same color. In this realm, it&amp;#039;s Obama who prevailed. His tie \u2014 solid, with a lumberjack of a knot, lustrous silk, and a textured weave (which adds to the weight, too) is the kind of neckwear any Wall Street guy would be happy to wear. Especially with a standard-issue banker suit in charcoal. And definitely better for a weekend of work than Boehner&amp;#039;s suit, a funereal and wide-lapelled monster that very nearly swallows the Speaker of the House. Obama could&amp;#039;ve gone one better by having his sleeves narrowed a bit \u2014 but, from what our political friends told us, there were a few things slightly more crucial than visiting a tailor. And, hey, at least Boehner stopped wearing green for a second. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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