Another reason the right hates Obama

[Ike Bana]

Originally Posted by merrylander

Obama treid bi-partisanship and got mugged - end of story, But I still don't hate the GOP they are not worth my hatred.

To be honest, I'm not sure how much actual classic bipartisanship Obama really tried. Not your..."I'm coming across the aisle to reason together to find what's best for the American people"...sort of bipartisanship, anyway. He's a politician schooled in the "scratch my back, I'll scratch yours..." backroom dealing and negotiating that he learned from his Illinois Senate mentor Emil Jones (one of the great political hacks in the history of Illinois politics), and his pal Rahm Emanuel, among others. He tried it with House Republicans, who said "OK...yeah sure" and then voted against everything he proposed.

So it took a while, but Obama finally realized that the halls of Congress isn't the Palmer House and that wasn't going to work for him in DC. And he's gone in a more confrontational direction...which he should have right out of the gate.