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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Wed May 29, 2013, 09:49 PM May 2013

Obama: Washington can still be ‘fixed’



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.”

“We’ve got everything that we need to succeed,” the president said at the fundraiser for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. “But the one thing that’s still missing is a politics that matches up with the decency and the hard work and determination and creativity of the American people. We’ve got a politics that’s stuck right now.”

Vowing to work with all Republicans who “don’t think compromise is a dirty word,” Obama said that the task facing all politicians is to create a government that’s 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 OP
Sorry, Mr. President, you won't find any "republicans who don't think compromise is a dirty word". AlinPA May 2013 #1
Not as long as $ talks. MichiganVote May 2013 #2
That's never. AlinPA May 2013 #3
He's right. Cut off the Republicans balls pscot May 2013 #4

AlinPA

(15,071 posts)
1. Sorry, Mr. President, you won't find any "republicans who don't think compromise is a dirty word".
Wed May 29, 2013, 10:08 PM
May 2013

Washington is broken and can't be fixed for a long time.

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