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Obama: Washington can still be fixed
Chicago (CNN) - Speaking at a political fundraiser, President Barack Obama promised Wednesday to work tirelessly to convince the American people that Democrats ideas are the right ones.
But at the same time, he attempted to strike a bipartisan tone, acknowledging that while Washington may appear broken, it can be fixed.
Weve got everything that we need to succeed, the president said at the fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. But the one thing thats still missing is a politics that matches up with the decency and the hard work and determination and creativity of the American people. Weve got a politics thats stuck right now.
Vowing to work with all Republicans who dont think compromise is a dirty word, Obama said that the task facing all politicians is to create a government thats befitting the next generation of Americans.
The generation coming behind us, I mean they are spectacular, the president said.
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Full article here: http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/29/obama-washington-can-still-be-fixed/
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Obama: Washington can still be ‘fixed’ (Original Post)
Tx4obama
May 2013
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AlinPA
(15,071 posts)1. Sorry, Mr. President, you won't find any "republicans who don't think compromise is a dirty word".
Washington is broken and can't be fixed for a long time.
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)2. Not as long as $ talks.
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)3. That's never.
pscot
(21,024 posts)4. He's right. Cut off the Republicans balls
and their behavior will improve right away.