I watched President Obama’s speech in St. Louis yesterday. It was quite noticeable that he has seemingly dropped his previous effort of trying to cajole the Republican leadership into governing in a bipartisan way. The Republican leadership were clear in showing they’d have none of that and proceeded to earn its deserved moniker of the Party of No.
Obama talked about that during his speech. He reminded us of the Republican leaders participation (or lack thereof) during the seven-hour televised health care summit between himself, the Democrats and Republicans.
For seven hours we only heard the Republicans say, no, start over. Nothing of any constructive nature from the Republican side.
Looks like Obama has given up on trying to enlist any Republican support in working together.
He is getting equally hard on the health insurance industry, who are only interested in corporate profits.
Republicans seem to be only interested in politics and the election this fall. Not much, if any, interest in the condition of the American people.
Be that as it may, it is good to hear President Obama back on track, for us little people.
[Post inspired by The Daily Beast]
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