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**Snocioncilm** · 07-22-2011, 09:40 PM

LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics...,6896203.story

Obama chided the Ohio Republican, saying that at times Friday he could not even get a phone call returned.

"I've been left at the altar now a couple of times," he said. "And I think that one of the questions that the Republican Party's going to have to ask itself is, can they say yes to anything?"

Framing the issue in political terms, he said Democrats have "shown ourselves willing to do the tough stuff, on an issue that Republicans ran on."

"So far I have not seen the capacity of the House Republicans in particular to make those tough decisions. And so then the question becomes, where's the leadership, or alternatively, how serious are you actually about debt and deficit reduction, or do you simply want it as a campaign ploy going into the next elections?"

Obama called the congressional leadership from both parties to the White House at 11 a.m. Saturday. Neither the House or Senate was due to be in session.

07-22-2011, 09:40 PM	#1
Snocioncilm Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 445 Senior Member	GOP walks away from debt talks; Obama: "Republicans can't take YES for an answer" LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/politics...,6896203.story Obama chided the Ohio Republican, saying that at times Friday he could not even get a phone call returned. "I've been left at the altar now a couple of times," he said. "And I think that one of the questions that the Republican Party's going to have to ask itself is, can they say yes to anything?" Framing the issue in political terms, he said Democrats have "shown ourselves willing to do the tough stuff, on an issue that Republicans ran on." "So far I have not seen the capacity of the House Republicans in particular to make those tough decisions. And so then the question becomes, where's the leadership, or alternatively, how serious are you actually about debt and deficit reduction, or do you simply want it as a campaign ploy going into the next elections?" Obama called the congressional leadership from both parties to the White House at 11 a.m. Saturday. Neither the House or Senate was due to be in session.
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