Obama chides GOP leader: 'Obstruct more? Is that even possible?'

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/114497-obama-chides-mcconnell-obstruct-more-is-that-even-possible


Obama chides GOP leader: 'Obstruct more? Is that even possible?'
By Michael O'Brien - 08/16/10 03:22 PM ET


President Obama chided the Senate's top Republican on Monday for suggesting this weekend that Republicans wish they'd done a better job blocking parts of the president's agenda.

The president seized on remarks made by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) in an article published Sunday in the New York Times, framing McConnell's remarks as emblematic of political opportunism by the GOP.

“Obstruct more? Is that even possible?” Obama asked supporters in reference to McConnell's remarks at a fundraiser in Wisconsin, according to a pool report.

"I wish we had been able to obstruct more," McConnell told the Times in comments about the Democrats' success in moving an economic stimulus package, healthcare reform and Wall Street reform. "These were all major pieces of legislation, and if I would have had enough votes to stop them, I would have.”

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Obama's criticial comments came during a fundraiser for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, who is the Democratic party's candidate for governor this fall.

“We can’t go back to an attitude that says 'what’s good for me is good enough.' We have to ask what’s good for America,” the president said, hammering on themes echoed by many Democrats this fall warning against a return to Republican control of Congress.

[JuniperLea]

1. Seems to me this planned, across the board obstruction...

Is treason.

They don't give a flying rat's ass about "We the People" and our suffering. They already have theirs... and they don't care how bad things get for the rest of us, as long as they can... in their own pea-brains... make the President look bad.

[Ramulux]

2. I hope Mitch McConnell is happy

because history is not going to be kind to this man and and the rest of the republican party from this time period. He may as well do whatever he wants now because Boehner and him will be looked at as morally reprehensible opportunists by future generations.