McCain: Obama has 'learned a lot' from the election

[Enrique]

McCain is presumably talking about the 2010 election, not 2008...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/01/23/ftn/main7274843.shtml

(CBS) Arizona Senator John McCain said on Sunday he thought President Obama had "learned a lot" in his first two years as president, and that he saw adjustments in the president's politics following the November midterm elections.

In an interview on CBS' "Face the Nation" Sunday morning, McCain, the 2008 Republican presidential nominee, said he thought Mr. Obama "has learned a lot in the last two years," and that there was room for Republicans to work with him.

"He is a very intelligent man. I think he's doing a lot of right things. This emphasis on cutting spending that we'll be talking about...was something that obviously was not talked about in the last two years," McCain told CBS' Bob Schieffer. "I think there's common ground because I think the president realized, as a result of the November elections, that the American people have a different set of priorities."

McCain said he was hopeful that Mr. Obama's recent efforts at bipartisanship could signal a changing atmosphere in Washington.

"I think the president has already changed a great deal," McCain said. "Tomorrow night he's going to be talking about cutting spending. That's what the message of the November election was. He'll be saying some things that we don't agree with, but obviously with the new appointments, with an agenda where he wants free trade agreements passed … I think there's going to be a number of areas that we can at least find common ground on."


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[DJ13]

1. Translation: He's more like a Republican after the election

[phleshdef]

2. Obama is no different than he's ever been. McCain was too busy being bitter to realize it.

I think what really happened is that witnessing the Tuscon speech, as part of the emotional crowd that attended, caused McCain to let go of the bitterness.

[BeyondGeography]

3. S.T.F.U.

[no_hypocrisy]

4. Condescending BS.

I suppose "learning a lot since the election" is much better than staying stupid.

[lumpy]

5. McCain is the last person in the world who has a right to be

condescending. He happens to be one of the biggest ferkups in US political history; even incapable of going with the political flow.

[GoCubsGo]

6. The GOP meme of the moment.

That smug, little prick, Cantor, spewed the "Has the President learned from the last election?" bullshit this morning. Typical republican condescending horsecrap.

[Submariner]

7. From Mr. 893 out of 898 in his class at Annapolis

Yeah....he's the guy we want to listen to about learning. :rofl:

[former9thward]

13. No fan of McCain but I respect all those who go to our military academies.

They are far superior to any of our colleges in their academia and discipline. Where did you finish?

[old mark]

8. And after all his years in politics, McCain has never learned shit...nt

[Empowerer]

9. Wow - how patronizing of you, Sen. McCain nt

[opihimoimoi]

10. Efforts to improve his IMAGE fails....he still sucks...

[MadMaddie]

11. WTF is this new talking point

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McCain said he was hopeful that Mr. Obama's recent efforts at bipartisanship could signal a changing atmosphere in Washington.
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The left has been complaining that he has been doing this the entire time and too much. I agree that he has tried to work the bi-partisanship too much.


Is McCain on his meds....after Rush lays into him tomorrow he will say something else.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. Fuck you, muthafucka! You fucking LOST!! Get the fuck over it, McCan't!!! n/t