Obama Reminds GOP That He's In Charge

President Obama met with Democratic and Republican leaders yesterday to gather support for his economic stimulus plan. According to Politico's sources, Obama listened to the GOP's issues—which include the scope of the plan, the refundable tax credit, and their desire for more middle class tax cuts—but added, "I won." And the Post reports that the new President also told Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) "I will trump you on that" and zinged, "You can't just listen to Rush Limbaugh and get things done." He probably has his STFU Face on, too! A White House official explained, "There are big things that unify Republicans and Democrats. We shouldn't let partisan politics derail what are very important things that need to get done." In his weekly address—with a video posted on the White House website—the President said of his $825 billion plan, "If we do not act boldly and swiftly, a bad situation could become dramatically worse."

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By Jen Chung in News on January 24, 2009 10:50 AM

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JacqueMehoff

I welcome our new messiah, he'll make sure amtrak is on-time, all the time. and, I love trains.

ides_of_march

These are the same democrats that went bonkers with indignation whenever Bush asserted his rightful authority.

Anyway, stay tuned as the transformation from messiah to mussolini begins.

MrCow

it's hard for me to follow he said she said posts

NannyState

Barack! This is why we love this guy!

FelixtheCat & Christine Quinn'

Obama is THE MAN. why doesn't the Greenwich Village Bake some Obama, THE MAN cookies?

Silver Couch

Straighten these chuckleheads out, Obama. Manners should not be mistaken for weakness.

Wza

Good.

The democrats won and are in control. Stop with the bs and grow some balls.

Ared

Well, that didn't take long.

JacqueMehoff

i think cantor was trying to put a slight diss to the pres just to gain favor with the GOP and to try to get the president to lose his cool which they will use to the hilt.

handsomedevil

The way it was written on the teevee news made it sound like Obama was at least a little more polite about it. The account led with the "Nothing on here looks outlandish or crazy to me" quote, then something about how there are always going be certain ideological differences, and then "I won, so I'm going to trump you on that." Sounded polite but firm. Now the "I won" quote will be further dismembered and used to stoke conservative anger.