After midterm rout, Obama says he got nation’s message
Source: Wash. post
President Obama said Wednesday that he accepts the American public’s message in the midterm elections that Washington needs to break its political gridlock, even as he will now face a tougher final two years after Republicans won control of the Senate for the first time in seven years.
“I hear you,” Obama said at a news conference in the East Room.
“Obviously, Republicans had a good night and they deserve credit for running good campaigns,” he added. “What stands out to me is that the American people . . . expect the people they elect to work as hard as they do, expect us to focus on their ambitions and not ours. They want us to get the job done. All of us in both parties have a responsibility to address that sentiment.”
Obama’s remarks came shortly after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), fresh off his party’s sweeping victory Tuesday, sounded a bipartisan note, calling on Obama and Democratic leaders to find common ground with the GOP during the next two years. The president had spoken with McConnell, who stands to become majority leader, by phone shortly before their news conferences.
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President Obama has been constantly on message, going directly to the voters and asking them to vote in the midterms in 2010 and 2014 to save his progressive agenda and hitting the Rethuglikkkans for their obstructionism. Not reticent at all!
telling those lazy young people they suck is the best way to get them to vote
In 2006 when the democrats took over both houses, we heard from the right wing hypocrites that they wanted work together -----not really 
In 2008 when the democrats had control of both house we heard the right wing say they wanted to work together again----not ,not really : ofl:
In 2010 when the democrats lost control of the house we heard the right wing republicans say we are going to dismantle entitlements and other social net programs
In 2012 when the democrats held the senate we heard from the right wing senate say under Touché Turtle that they were not going to work with democrats and not passing anything out of chamber except to filibuster and the house was just screwing everyone and attacking everyone and democrats
In 2014 we lost both houses and we hear compromise:
And now we hear the president say he wants to work with a bunch of hypocrites to do what
everything
the President cannot just wave a magic wand and change things. I too have been disappointed by his actions which in reality, to me, reflect how politics work. He says he hears the message. Notice that he didn't say the R's hear it too. 
Maybe he'll get an emmy when he leaves office.
America is chock-full of really really gullible (aka stupid) people, and TPTB are taking full advantage of their naivete. I'm quite sure now that the only votes counted in our elections are those of the 1%.
