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Friday, January 23, 2009

"I won"
Posted by Jill | 11:24 PM
I guess somebody reminded him.

Politico:
President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation.

The exchange arose as top House and Senate Republicans expressed concern to the president about the amount of spending in the package. They also raised red flags about a refundable tax credit that returns money to those who don’t pay income taxes, the sources said.

The Republicans stressed that they want to include more middle class tax cuts in the package, citing their proposal to cut the two lowest tax rates — 15 percent and 10 percent — to ten percent and five percent, rather than issue the refundable credit Obama wants.

At another point in the meeting, sources said Obama told the group: “This is a grave situation facing the country.” White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said Obama would hold another economic meeting in the White House Saturday for a "broader group."

After Friday's meeting, Democratic and Republican leaders publicly wrangled over the developing stimulus plan.

But perhaps taking a cue from Obama’s “I won” line when Democrats were asked if they were concerned about Republicans blocking the package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had a swift one-word answer: “No.”


Now before the wingnuts get their panties in a twist -- that Obama is meeting with Republicans is one hell of a lot more consideration than Bush and Boehner and the rest of the Bigoted Old White Men Party ever gave the Democrats when they were the minority party.

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Blogger Phil said...
Fuck 'em.
The dirty no good sonsabitches had better get used to having the boot on their necks for a while. They are lining up to obstruct, something they have lots of practice at, and they are just running headlong into oblivion in the process.
Good Fucking Riddance.
1/24/09, 3:31 PM  
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