With egos like this - there is NOTHING called bipartisanship. And in fact, he doesn't need Republicans - so, make faces at them and snub your nose and do as you wish ... for now. BUT when Republicans retake the House and Senate, and no bills get put through ... please Mr. Obama, do not call upon Republicans to be bipartisan.
Obama to GOP: 'I won'
By: Jonathan Martin and Carol E. Lee
January 24, 2009 12:37 AM EST
President Obama listened to Republican gripes about his stimulus package during a meeting with congressional leaders Friday morning - but he also left no doubt about who's in charge of these negotiations. "I won," Obama noted matter-of-factly, according to sources familiar with the conversation. The exchange arose as top House and Senate Republicans expressed concern to the president about the amount of spending in the package. They also raised red flags about a refundable tax credit that returns money to those who don’t pay income taxes, the sources said. The Republicans stressed that they want to include more middle class tax cuts in the package, citing their proposal to cut the two lowest tax rates — 15 percent and 10 percent — to ten percent and five percent, rather than issue the refundable credit Obama wants.
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But perhaps taking a cue from Obama’s “I won” line when Democrats were asked if they were concerned about Republicans blocking the package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had a swift one-word answer: “No.”
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