Obama snaps at Cantor: “ Am I dealing with him, or am I dealing with you?"

[WI_DEM]

That the GOP is being pulled in opposite directions by its rabid tea party base and its overlords on Wall Street has been clear for months, but the debt ceiling negotiations, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's bizarre capitulation, have intensified that split. It's a game of hot potato in the GOP leadership.
Since pulling the plug on the deal, Boehner has been largely silent in the meetings, leaving House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to present details of the House’s position. On Tuesday, people in both parties said, Obama tried to reestablish Boehner’s primacy.
Cantor, who is advocating a smaller deal, at one point demanded that Obama offer the details of his vision for a “grand bargain.”

“Where’s your paper?” he asked angrily.

Obama snapped back: “Frankly, your speaker has it. Am I dealing with him, or am I dealing with you?”

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Good for him! He shouldn't have to put up with Cantor.

[mopinko]

4. nobody should

how tf do these guys get chosen, let alone elected?

[RKP5637]

5. Cantor is an arrogant snippet of an asshole. n/t

[ladjf]

15. ...and also dumb as a rock. nt

[David Gill]

2. Cantor's a twerp.

Boehner doesn't seem as bad, but Cantor is another one of those Republicans that always has a smirk on his face.

[RKP5637]

6. Yep, my feelings to about Cantor vs. Boehner. I view Cantor as a real jerk. n/t

[immoderate]

8. Safe to say, Cantor makes Boehner look good.

--imm

[EFerrari]

10. Maybe that's his job, to take one for the team if things go south.

[immoderate]

14. Volunteer to take a bullet? Cantor?

Mr. Sacrifice? :rofl:

--imm

[no_hypocrisy]

3. and . . . . what did Cantor reply?

[tularetom]

7. Threatened to tell his mama

[hamsterjill]

9. Good for Obama.

He earns points with me when he is assertive in dealing with these idiots!

[global1]

11. Do We Know What Cantor's Reponse Was To Obama?......nt

[PCIntern]

12. As a Jew, I am so repulsed by Eric "the Fruit Bat" Cantor...

I can't stand when my local Jewish Weekly (Jewish Exponent) even mentions him...it's like an arrow thru the heart. Most of us were raised to appreciate the dignity of others: his superciliousness is disgusting and disgraceful and antithetical to Jewish Law and traditions. He's a smarmy fella...

[Change Happens]

16. Ditto....

[badgerpup]

18. You had me at "...the Fruit Bat".

:hi: Hello, fellow Python fan!

[MilesColtrane]

13. Boehner's too busy weeping into his Makers Mark to pay attention.

[bullwinkle428]

17. He needs to bang their heads together like Moe did with Larry and Curly!