President Obama said Monday that funding the government "is not a concession to me."

[kpete]

Rebuffing Republican demands that he concede ground on Obamacare to get a government spending bill passed, President Obama said Monday that funding the government "is not a concession to me."

"One faction of one party in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, does not get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election," Obama said. "Keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. Keeping vital services running and hundreds of thousands of Americans on the job is not something you give to the other side. It is our basic responsibility."

"You do not get to extract a ransom for doing your job, for doing what you are supposed to be doing anyway or just because there is a law there that you do not like," Obama said. "The American people sent us here to govern. They sent us here to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make their lives a little bit after, trade new jobs, to restore economic security, to rebuild the prospects of upward mobility. That is what they expect."

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/obama-funding-government-is-not-a-concession-to-me

[msanthrope]

1. He's right. nt

[RobertEarl]

2. Obama will be seen as an ass kicker.

He will be seen as having kicked some republican ass, again. They can't stand it. When Obama is victorious, his image as the King will be even greater in the hinterlands. The obverse is also true. The outcome rests in Boehner's hands. How badly does he want to be seen as defeating Obama?

[Rex]

3. Obama did not negotiate with terrorist in his last term

I dunno why the GOP thinks he will negotiate with terrorists in this term either. Economic terrorism is just as real and harmful as bullets and bombs.

[Skittles]

4. "........ just to refight the results of an election"

OBAMA NAILS IT