Obama blasts, mocks Senate GOP

[babylonsister]

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/187911-obama-blasts-mocks-senate-gop

Obama blasts, mocks Senate GOP
By Sam Youngman - 10/17/11 11:34 AM ET


President Obama launched a three-day bus tour through two states critical to his 2012 reelection campaign by kicking Senate Republicans for blocking his jobs bill, saying he is breaking up his plan because "maybe they just couldn't understand the whole thing at once."

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If the separate jobs proposal is blocked, Obama told the crowd, "then they're not going to have to answer to me — they're going to have to answer to you."

"I need you to give Congress a piece of your mind," Obama said. "These members of Congress work for you. If they're not delivering, it's time to let them know."

Obama also discussed the Republican jobs plan, called the "Real American Jobs Act," saying it "boils down to a few basic ideas: they want to gut regulations, they want to let Wall Street do whatever it wants, they want to drill more and they want to repeal healthcare reform."

The president said that the Republican plan means "dirtier air, dirtier water, less people with health insurance."

"So far, at least, I feel better about my plan," Obama said.

[Avalux]

1. That headline is tough! I love it....

"Sixty-three percent support the jobs bill I put forward," Obama said. "One hundred percent of Republican senators voted against it. That doesn't make any sense, does it?"

Keep it up Mr. President. :thumbsup:

[Hutzpa]

9. And how many of those 100 are up for re-election

I wonder.

:evilgrin:

[jenmito]

2. That was great to watch and hear. I'm sure he'll keep it up and I'm also sure

that the Repubs. will whine about it every day.

[bluestateguy]

3. Give em Hell Barry!

Keep it up.

See, it's not that hard.

[msongs]

4. good news, saying "republican" is just not that difficult nt

[louis-t]

5. Oooooh, nice, hard slap.

Repugs have a hard time understanding breathing, forget about an entire jobs bill.

[ClarkUSA]

6. As I keep saying, I cannot wait until next year. Barack will chew 'em up and spit 'em out.

[Laelth]

7. He remains an excellent campaigner. n/t

-Laelth

[CakeGrrl]

8. This isn't simple campaign rhetoric - it's tracking with what he's been doing in Washington

Now he's getting the GOP on record with votes.

And they're breaking this down further and further to the point that it becomes: 1) easier for the average voter to understand; and 2) harder for the GOP-friendly MSM to spin.

And he circumvents the useless MSM by going out on the road and explaining what's going on.

But go ahead and dismiss it as campaigning. Boehner is accusing him of the same thing. Funny convergence, that.

[Laelth]

10. It is campaigning. I am not unhappy that he's doing it. It's smart.

But I prefer his campaigning to his governing.

-Laelth

[bluestateguy]

11. When it comes to campaigning, he's a fighter

as an officeholder, not so much.

[phantom power]

12. Good for him. This is the kind of tactic that will work -- lean on the GOP and make them own it.