MSNBC: Cenk Uygur - Obama Needs to Be Tougher with GOP If He Wants Bipartisanship

[Hissyspit]

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MSNBC The Dylan Ratigan Show - 29 January 2010

DYLAN: "You made a comment that the President's offering an engagement with the GOP might be well-matched with the same engagement with the Democratic leadership at this point."

CENK: "Well, that's certainly true. I wish he would reach out to progressives a lot more than he has, and he seems to reach out to Republicans so much more than he reaches out to Progressives - he sends out Rahm Emmanuel to fight against progressive priorities all the time. So, how about the people that elected you. How about reaching out to them?"

DYLAN: "What is the biggest thing that sticks in your craw about all this?"

CENK: "Look, if I want to get into issues, there's going to be a hundred, but I think he's going about this bipartisan appeal that he is going for in completely the wrong way. It's going to be counter-productive. Let me explain why. Look, Bush got bipartisanship. And how did he get it - did he get it by asking nicely? No. He got it through threats. He said if you don't vote with me on the Iraq War, you will lose your seat. If you don't vote with me on tax cuts, you will lose your seat. And he got bipartisanship on all of that. Now, Obama keeps asking nicely, and keeps getting shut out. So, look at what the Republicans did yesterday. Voting 'no' on Pay-Go - where you say 'no, I don't want deficit reduction'? I thought your whole point was deficit reduction. So they're never ever going to vote for him if he asks nicely. He needs to name names. He needs to say 'hey, you know what, if you have a pre-existing condition in Iowa and you can't get insurance, the reason you can't get it, is because Chuck Grassley stopped it with his obstructionism on the Republicanism side. It is his fault that your aunt can't get coverage or your wife can't get coverage.' He needs to go on the attack, and then, ironically, he will get bipartisanship."

[ihavenobias]

1. Minor point, but they misspelled Cenk's last name. It's "Uygur".

Uninteresting explanation, otherwise I'd share it.

PS---I haven't asked him yet so this isn't confirmed, but it looked to me like the segment was cut short. I'm not sure that Cenk was able to clarify his position or that Ratigan really got his point. I'm sure they'll be a TYT clip on it coming soon though.

[theFrankFactor]

5. Cenk is pushing in the correct direction! A very, very important perspective! K&R

[Amerigo Vespucci]

2. Apollo Creed trained Rocky in Rocky III after Rocky beat his ASS.

Just sayin'...

...sometimes that's what it takes to get a determined opponent in a position where they're ready to work with you. Beat their ass...don;t KISS it.

:patriot:

[droidamus2]

3. My opinion

My opinion is that until Obama show's the Republicans that he and the Democrats are willing to do it without them you will not be able to get them to approach anything close to 'bipartisanship'. They see their future as stopping Obama and the Democrats from having any victories and therefore they vote no and obstruct. If the Democrats show them they are willing to use every trick in the book to get things done, which totally shuts the Republicans out of the progress, the Republicans/Conservatives really have not incentive to negotiate.

[beardown]

6. Obama and dems will only get bipartisanship...

the same way that the USA got bipartisanship with Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany in the 1940s. By grinding the repubs into total submission and then asking if they want to work together on their own reconstruction.

You can't get bipartisanship with guys that are trying to kill you, politically or otherwise.

[20score]

4. K&R

[scentopine]

7. I agree 100% with this opinion - Obama's outreach will backfire -nt

[formercia]

8. Perhaps a gift card to the local Dominatrix will bring the GOP around.

These reactionary right-wingers are into that shit.

[Juche]

9. Cenk is always good

No idea why the democratic party isn't using him more efficiently.

[Roaddogg.jj]

10. Indies

suck they want us to work with people that destroyed America

[Epyonm]

11. Yeah

indies are nuts