Erskine Bowles, co-chair of President Obama's Fiscal Commission, thinks if President Obama had embraced the Bowles-Simpson plan, it would have had a greater chance of success. WSJ's Alan Murray ...

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WSJ's David Wessel explains the likelihood that a new deficit-reduction plan from Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles will lead to a budget compromise in Washington. Photo: Getty Images.

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