Posted on 02/11/2016 2:15:51 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Obama interview: 'Maybe I could have done ... a little better' Los Angeles Times
He had just given an hourlong speech calling for comity in politics, and President Obama craved a few moments with a few friends who remember when he was not a polarizing figure but an effectively bipartisan one – his poker buddies from his eight years here in the Illinois Senate.
The three retired state senators, two Democrats and a Republican, were still laughing about Obama’s warmly received address to the Illinois General Assembly when he joined them for an interview Wednesday with the Los Angeles Times about the legislative gridlock in Washington and his role in it.
In a free-wheeling exchange, Obama said he doesn’t think that his race explains the Republican fortress against his agenda, or that having lawmakers over for drinks or to watch football every weekend would have made a difference over the last seven years.
But he also admitted that he was partly to blame for the hyperpartisan environment by failing to reach out more to Republicans.
“There is no doubt that every step of the way, every day that I’m in that office, maybe I could have done that a little better,†he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Maybe you could have not run.
the only person who has bigger ego than Obama is Trump.
Yeah, Dorkbama, you could have done better, like drinking a Polonium Coctail a few years ago.
Had you done it while you were cheating your way through college, it would have been a LOT better,
The record shows
I took the blows -
And did it
MYYYYYYYYY WAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
Better meaning better, or better meaning he doesn’t totally suck?
Grandma said, “Don’t wish your life away,” but come on November...
I just read the headline, is he talking about reggie love?
The most divisive pResident in the history of this once great country.
He could have done an even better job of convincing us peasants how perfectly wonderful he is.
Another LIE, cloaked as humility. He was wildly successful, dealing a death blow to the nation and people he has hated since birth. Can’t even mutter one honest word as he exits the stage in an unimaginable victory.
Some fortress.
Obama threatens to shut down the gov't, and Ryan and McConnell surrender.
ego? I don't care about ego? as long as I get what I want no one gets hurt
No,Skippy...you set out to bring this great nation to its knees and you’ve succeeded.
He's talking about his golf game, I'm sure.
Trump is competent; 0buttbongo is not..
You bring up ego like it's a bad thing.
For some successful people, it's what prevents them from failing.
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