Posted on 11/14/2010 2:18:03 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Ahead of his meeting with the Republican leaders this week, President Obama today warned them the era of just-say-no is over.
The GOP opposed nearly every initiative Obama and the Democrats offered and sometimes passed over the last two years.
The were so successful at casting those policies as job-killing bailouts that were deadly to the economy that voters on election day still believed by a two-to-one margin that the economy was shrinking, bailouts were ongoing and their taxes were going up even though the opposite was true.
With the GOP gaining greater say in the Senate and taking over the House, Obama thinks theyll have to play the game differently over the next two years.
Campaigning is different than governing, Obama told reporters as he flew home from his 10-day Asia trip this afternoon, suggesting Republicans will walk back some of their more adamant rhetoric in coming days as they take stock of reality.
They are flush with victory after a campaign of just saying no, Obama said. But Im sure the American people did not vote for more gridlock.
Still, on the Sunday shows today members of the GOP did not sound in a very compromising mood yet unless the President wants to start on their side of the issues.
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a favorite of the Tea Party crowd, signaled he would not accept a Democratic compromise of extending some of the Bush-era tax cuts those for the middle class.
But he said hed be willing to talk if the President is at least offering a temporary extension of all tax cuts, including for the wealthy.
I think if he can work on our side of the ledger, I think we might can work together, DeMint said on Fox News Sunday.
Hey Zero - there are a couple of new sheriffs in town and their names are Boehner and DeMint. Sucks to be you. Have a nice day.
The Republican party doesn’t have to ‘just say no’ any more because the new Speaker will allow amendments to bills being considered. With no amendments allowed under Speaker Pelosi, the choices were just ‘yes’ or ‘no’.
Pelosi didn’t allow the House to govern, just rubber stamp.
Meanwhile, the Pelosi-Reid Congress has pushed through legislation without giving the other party a chance to have an input, or even other members of their own party.
They can count on the media to keep quiet about how unusual this situation has been, hoping that the public will buy Obama's line.
There is no evidence of that, but the days of “Just say hope” are definitely over.
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The Rats are shovel-ready for the dust bin of history.
it’s over because the republicans have control and a democrat is dictating how they should act?
ROTFLMAO
get a grip you freak
What an arrogant schmuck. He’ll be the one saying “no” when the Pubs introduce a bill to rescind National healthcare, restore the “End Welfare As we Know It” law from the 1990s, make the Bush tax cuts permanent for everyone, and make sure Cap and Tax is DOA.
Now they can start saying, “Yes,” to any and everything un-Obama.
Ha ha ha. Wgat a joke.
...the era of just-say-no is over Welcome to the HELL NO era. Posted on Sunday, November 14, 2010 5:49:17 PM by Gil4”
...What he said, only LOUDER!
Sure, I think we should follow Obama’s advice...not!
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