'Republicans Around the Country' Like My Ideas, Obama Says By Susan Jones December 12, 2011 Subscribe to Susan Jones's posts (CNSNews.com) - President Obama, asked about his low poll numbers and the poor prospects for his re-election, blamed Republican intransigence for the American people's dissatisfaction. He also said rank-and-file Republicans "like the ideas that we put forward." "It is my job to put forward a vision of the country that benefits the vast majority of Americans," Obama told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview that aired Sunday. "If I can't get Republicans to move, partly because they've made a political,...