President Obama: I'm Under No Illusion That I'm Going to Have a Rubber Stamp Senate

[Amerigo Vespucci]

VIDEO at the URL below.

I VOTED for this man.

I LIKE this man.

:patriot:

President Obama: I'm Under No Illusion That I'm Going to Have a Rubber Stamp Senate

http://videocafe.crooksandliars.com/heather/president-obama-im-under-no-illusion-im-go

President Obama responds to Chip Reid's question as to whether Sen. Specter's defection from the Republican party is a "game changer" and if the President is going to be able to "run roughshod" over the GOP.

Transcript:

I do think that, to my Republican friends, I want them to realize that me reaching out to them has been genuine. I can't sort of define bipartisanship as simply being willing to accept certain theories of theirs that we tried for eight years and didn't work and the American people voted to change.

But there are a whole host of areas where we can work together. And I've said this to people like Mitch McConnell . I said, look, on health care reform, you may not agree with me that I -- we should have a public plan. That may be philosophically just too much for you to swallow.

On the other hand, there are some areas like reducing the costs of medical malpractice insurance where you do agree with me. If I'm taking some of your ideas and giving you credit for good ideas, the fact that you didn't get 100 percent can't be a reason every single time to oppose my position.

And if that is how bipartisanship is defined, a situation in which basically, wherever there are philosophical differences, I have to simply go along with ideas that have been rejected by the American people in a historic election, you know, we're probably not going to make progress.

If, on the other hand, the definition is that we're open to each other's ideas, there are going to be differences, the majority will probably be determinative when it comes to resolving just hard, core differences that we can't resolve, but there is a whole host of other areas where we can work together, then I think we can make progress.

[Mojambo]

1. Boy, that's a good answer.

The guy has got serious game.

[Clio the Leo]

3. oh to be a fly on the wall on that plane today...

... to know how much prepping he was doing for tonight.

I think .... very little. All of that just seemed too come too natural.

[babylonsister]

6. And no teleprompter for answers!!1! nt

[Clio the Leo]

8. nor were there teleprompters during his interaction with the town hall folks...

... which is where he, I think does, his best stuff. The wingnuts never mention that.

He was doing the town hall today while I was having lunch with my parents and my mother, who has only a passing interest in politics because I'm so interested in it said, "well, I think he needs to KEEP doing these town halls ... because they're a good thing!"

I assured her, that would not be a problem. ;)

[stillcool]

9. I like them the best too...

the questions and the answers. The people often seem to ask better questions than the media.

[babylonsister]

10. He's "our" regular guy, and he's prez! So nice to see him interact

with people like us. Maybe one day Texas will warrant a visit. Maybe not, too. :rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

11. yep, homeboy doesn't even NEED Texas to win.... LOVE IT! NT

[Amerigo Vespucci]

12. "...people like us..."

That's AMERICA. America exists because of "us"...the BIG "us."

Ethnicity DOES NOT MATTER.
Gender DOES NOT MATTER.
Sexual Orientation DOES NOT MATTER.
Religious Affiliation DOES NOT MATTER.

All that matters is the BIG US, and President Obama GETS IT.

:patriot:

[babylonsister]

13. Exactly!

:toast:

[Clio the Leo]

2. Shoot DOWN the latest GOP meme!! Shoot it DOWN SIR!!!!

Just four days ago, a winger friend of mine said, and I quote... "you leftist liberals really need to move on....You WON all three branches of the Government. And with the three Senate Republicans (that should be registered Democrats) can now shove your elitist legislation down our throats."

(and no, I have no idea what he means by the left "winning all three brances of gvt" so your guess is as good as mine lol)

[madeline_con]

4. Presidency, House and Senate. All 3 branches.

:rofl:

[Clio the Leo]

7. Honestly, that's what I THINK he was talking about....

... but he's mad at me and wont explain himself lol.

Sucks to be wrong, dont it? :)

[Cha]

5. That was just an excellent response from

Obama..if the republicans weren't all sociopaths I could imagine them cringing.