Obama urges House Democrats to work with GOP but call them out if they resist

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/upbeat-democrats-push-ahead-with-message-agenda-that-mirrors-obama/2012/01/27/gIQA3qhsUQ_story.html

By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, January 27, 6:13 PM

CAMBRIDGE, Md. — President Barack Obama rallied House Democrats for an election-year fight, urging them to work with Republicans if they show some willingness to put politics aside but telling the rank and file to call them out if they stand in the way.

Addressing Democrats on the final day of their three-day annual retreat, Obama outlined the political stakes over the next few months as congressional Democrats try to push his agenda in the face of Republican opposition, the GOP choses its nominee and signs of recovery in a fragile economy go a long way to determining his re-election chances and the party’s fate.

Obama said Democrats should seize the opportunity “whenever there is a possibility that the other side is putting some politics aside for just a nanosecond in order to get something done for the American people, we’ve got to be right there ready to meet them,” the president told the sometimes raucous crowd.

However, “where they obstruct, where they’re unwilling to act, where they’re more interested in party than they are in country, more interested in the next election than the next generation, then we’ve got to call them out on it,” the president said. “We’ve got to push. We can’t wait; we can’t be held back.”

[gateley]

1. K&R! nt

[Ebadlun]

2. If..

“whenever there is a possibility that the other side is putting some politics aside for just a nanosecond in order to get something done for the American people, we’ve got to be right there ready to meet them,”

I don't think that speculating on the existence of alternate universes is directly helpful at this point.

[babylonsister]

3. Good!! nt

[Enrique]

4. i like this part

“I believe in you guys. You guys have had my back through some very tough times,” said the president, who received a small gift — a DVD of House Democrats singing Rev. Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together.”

It's true, the House Dems, especially the Progressive Caucus, have had Obama's back big time.

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5. good luck on that idea...

there maybe a few republicans that give a shit about our republic but i doubt there`s enough to matter