Obama: "...we're gonna do just fine."

[kpete]

we KNOW who

OBAMA "There are lot of wonderful people out there who consider themselves Republicans or independents, who have some criticisms of my administration but basically recognize we've gotta solve some big problems, we've gotta be serious, we've gotta base our decisions on facts.

"But what I'm seeing out of the Republican leadership out of the last several years has been a set of policies that are just irresponsible. We saw in their Pledge to America a similar set of irresponsible policies. They say they want to balance the budget, they propose $4 trillion worth of tax cuts, and $16 billion in spending cuts. And then they say, `We're gonna somehow, magically balance the budget. That's not a serious approach.

"The question for voters over the next five weeks is:

`Who is putting forward policies that have a chance to move our country forward...and who's just engaging in rhetoric. If that debate is taking place over the next five weeks, we're gonna do just fine."

the rest:
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/plum-line/2010/09/the_morning_plum_98.html

[ProSense]

1. "When the Democratic president seems... more excited about the Republicans' agenda than Republicans"

PRESIDENT EYES GOP 'PLEDGE'....

Given what we've seen over the last few days, it looks like the "Pledge to America" is off to an awkward start.

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In the meantime, leading Democrats don't seem especially afraid of the new agenda. President Obama sat down this morning with Matt Lauer for a discussion focused almost entirely on education policy. But towards the end of the interview, Lauer asked about the midterms and whether the president might change his "tone or your emotion in terms of pushing back" against the GOP.

"I think that if you've heard me speak around the country over the last several months, I think that it's clear I've got a very sharp difference with the Republicans on a lot of issues," Obama replied.

"And when I say 'Republicans,' I really should say 'Republican leadership' because I think there are lot of wonderful people out there who consider themselves Republicans or independents, who have maybe some criticisms of my administration, but basically recognize we've got to solve some big problems, we've got to be serious, we've got to base our decisions on facts.

"What I'm seeing out of the Republican leadership out of the last several years has been a set of policies that are just irresponsible. And we saw in their 'Pledge to America' a similar set of irresponsible policies. They say they want to balance the budget, they propose $4 trillion worth of tax cuts, and $16 billion in spending cuts. And then they say, 'We're gonna somehow magically balance the budget.' That's not a serious approach.

"So, the question for voters over the next five weeks is, 'Who is putting forward policies that have a chance to move our country forward -- so that our schools have improved, so that we have world-class infrastructure, so that we're serious about helping small businesses, we're serious about getting a handle on our spending -- and who's just engaging in rhetoric. And I think that if that debate is taking place over the next five weeks, we're going to do just fine."

When the Democratic president seems a little more excited about the Republicans' agenda than Republicans, it's probably a big hint about the merit of the "Pledge."

[DemocraticPilgrim]

2. The GOP pledge to finish off America as Norman Goldman would say.

[kpete]

3. And now... The war machine has run amok ...

And it came to pass that the Republicans created a war machine against their enemies,
So they could exact their revenge that was not given them in the ballot box, and the rest is history.
As William Shakespeare says...

Marcus Antonius:
And Caesar's spirit, raging for revenge,
With Ate by his side come hot from hell,
Shall in these confines with a monarch's voice
Cry "Havoc!" and let slip the dogs of war,
That this foul deed shall smell above the earth
With carrion men, groaning for burial.

Julius Caesar Act 3, scene 1, 270–275