"Saying no to everything might be good short term politics, but it's not leadership." BOOYA!!

[Parker CA]

[wildflower]

1. That was great.

"And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that sixty votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, then the responsibility to govern is now yours as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it’s not leadership. We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions."

[Parker CA]

4. Unbelievable set up and SMACK DOWN!!! Right hooked the shit out of those GOPers.

[SnoopDog]

2. BooYA indeed!

[progressoid]

3. Yeah, that had some squiming in their seats!

[Top Cat]

5. kick

[MinneapolisMatt]

6. Line of the night.

Dead on.

[mscuedawg]

7. BOOYAH is EXACTLY what I said out loud!!!!! n/t

[applegrove]

8. I hope Obama harps on this point in the year to come. Repukes are a dead weight.

[HopeOverFear]

9. That was a thing of beauty.

[Clio the Leo]

10. BOOM GOES THE DYNAMITE!!!! NT

[Cha]

11. "Not leadership"... Dead On..

They couldn't argue with that. President had some good ways to frame things tonight that have been bottlenecked.

Can't be easy giving that Pep Talk with so many flatearthers in the room.

[Phx_Dem]

12. BOOYA!!! lol

Chest bump.

[Fire1]

13. Game Set MATCH! They looked like chastised children on

the verge of tears! You could hear a pin drop!

[Jennicut]

14. About freakin time somemone said it. It do nothing politics

and it is pathetic.

[Zenlitened]

15. Yup, that was a great way to sum it up. And I hope he keeps hammering the theme...

... that surrounded that line, or that part of the speech:

They're ALL there -- Dems and Repubs, Congress and the Pres -- to Get Things Done! for the American people.

And if he needs to start calling out knuckleheads by name, he should do so.

I feel he should have been taking this approach right along, speaking powerfully and forcefully in a direct conversation with the American people -- and making it clear where the problems in government lie.

He hasn't done so. In fact, as many others have pointed out, he has seemed too willing to embrace the failed narrative of conservatism, which is indeed the cause of all our problems today.

But if last night's speech marks a sincere break with all that, then it could prove to be quite a turning point for this administration's fortunes. Which, of course, affects the fortunes of us all.