The President vs the Republic Party

Wow!! The exchange yesterday in the lions den of the Republic Party was one for the ages. As I was watching a cable news channel, the word came across that the Republic Party had agreed to allow the cameras to remain after Mr. Obama's speech and I thought, OMG this is going to be good. I was not disappointed.

I wonder why the Republic party keeps underestimating the President. I guess they actually believe their talking points because no one in their right mind would have asked the questions they did if they actually believed they were dealing with a Bush clone.

After the 83 minute exchange it was clear by the response of the GOP, they had made a terrible mistake. The President was able to answer and deflect the main criticisms which directed to him and his policies. The President did not respond with rhetorical responses, he actually brought out the facts of the cases, which could not be denied. I think the main message the President sent was a simple one. He has listened to the GOP and their ideas and found them lacking in substance and demonstrated this fact. That the GOP has taken the stand that they want him, the President to fail, so how can they ask to be part of the solutions if they have told their constituents that they want him to fail. So any attempt to work with the President will come back to bite them. Since the GOP has boxed themselves into this corner, to complain that there is no bipartisan attempt by the Dems is a red herring. The President was very clear, how can you work with us if you have told your voters that you are against all of the President's policies.

The GOP did not look very good. Virtually every question was answered with clear and concise rebuttal. This President knows his stuff.

I personally liked the exchange regarding jobs. The statement was made that we could have created twice as many jobs with half the money as the GOP had wanted to do. The President responded clearly, who would not have wanted that sort of plan, if it was workable. He said that he had the GOP plan scored by an independent group with both the Dems and GOP have agreed to score these things and turned out not to be workable as written. So the idea that the GOP was ignored was total crap. It was a faulty plan that was considered and rejected on rational grounds.

Maybe things will change for the better now.