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Obama to visit House Republican retreat in Baltimore

Despite the effort at bipartisanship, the president faces an emboldened party that may be unwilling to budge, experts say.

Reporting from Washington - President Obama will extend a hand to his political antagonists during a visit to a House Republican retreat today in Baltimore.

But the exchange -- part of his election-year attempt to generate more bipartisanship -- is unlikely to change Republican behavior, strategists and former members of Congress say.

"Republicans are emboldened. They think Obama has overshot the runway, and they're going to stick with their strategy," said Scott Reed, a Republican consultant.

As they left Washington for the three-day strategy session, Republican leaders did not seem to be in a frame of mind for compromising.

Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio said that Obama had "decided to just double-down on his job-killing agenda," while ignoring the angry voter message behind recent Republican victories in New Jersey, Virginia and Massachusetts.

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