So remember all of those olive branches Obama reached out the first couple of months? And how it always seemed like he put Republicans ahead of Democrats? Well that is no more:
GOP leaders complain that the phone calls and White House invitations have slacked off — perhaps because Obama’s early efforts to woo Republicans yielded few votes.
"I think that in the beginning they seemed a lot more willing to go in and engage with us," said House Minority Whip Eric Cantor.
I asked Cantor spokesperson Joe Pounder if this was the real view of House GOP leaders. He argued that while Obama engaged at the outset — watching the Super Bowl with GOPs, for instance — there were now multiple cases where Republicans had been snubbed.
For instance, Pounder said, the White House has not responded to the House GOP proposal for $375 billion in budgetary savings for the next five years. What’s more, Pounder continued, Obama has met only with Democrats on several recent occasions.
Gee Eric, I wonder why he's not paying ya'll as much attention anymore. . .
Could it be your obstructionist ways? Could it be the way he watered down his stimulus package and all he got was 2 Republican votes, both of which were in the Senate? Could it be the way you all are dogging his Supreme Court nominee, even when you know she's going to pass anyway? Could it be your whining about EVERY LITTLE THING he does without offering any REAL solutions? President Obama is a busy man and he has many people tugging on his coat reminding him what he promised them he'd do. He doesn't have the TIME (nor probably a desire) to play games with you crybabies anymore.
Indeed, look at the games you guys are playing with health care, trying to take out a public option when even REPUBLICAN constituents favor it?
The DCCC added:
The DCCC takes a whack: "Rather than be part of bipartisan solutions, Congressional Republicans have been content to sit on the sidelines saying no and whining. Polling shows the American people are tired of the Republican Party of No banking on failure instead of working with President Obama and Congressional Democrats to move our country forward."
So to you, Eric Cantor, and your GOPites I have this to say:
That's from the Senate, and this is from the House:
(the Big one is Pelosi ~lol~)