Word: republicanisms
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...With most taxpayers counting pennies and preparing to file tax returns, Obama made clear in an exchange on Monday with his former rival, Republican Senator John McCain, that he finds his aging fleet of Marine One "white-tops" perfectly adequate. Many of the trips they take are short hops, like the 10 minutes between the White House and Andrews Air Force Base. "It is an example of the procurement process gone amok," Obama said after McCain queried him about the new helicopters ("I didn't have as much interest in the presidential helicopter," McCain noted on Tuesday...
...chamber, Jon Favreau, Obama's 27-year-old speechwriter, stood nervously with his back against the wall, alternately mouthing the words as Obama spoke them, applauding and checking his BlackBerry for reactions from the ether. At the other end of the chamber sat a diminished Republican caucus, self-consciously rising and falling like pistons to show their alternate approval and disdain for the President's policy prescriptions...
...Democratic caucus had its moments as well. In the very next line, Obama began, "With the deficit we inherited" - but could go no further because of Democratic delight in pointing out that today's fiscal problems were delivered by a Republican President and Republican Congress. The same group was equally delighted when Obama said that Bush had used the budget surpluses of 2000 as "an excuse to transfer wealth to the wealthy instead of an opportunity to invest in our future...
...Reagan just the opposite. Barack Obama has now demonstrated an ability to synthesize those two. On the day before his budget speech, the President was positively Clintonesque, interacting easily with a gang of high-powered political and business leaders at his entitlement summit, alternately ribbing Eric Cantor, the House Republican, about GOP intransigence, then wonking out on defense procurement policy with Senators Susan Collins and John McCain. (See the top 10 Bushisms...
Obama's month in office has not been kind to Republicans. In a New York Times/CBS News poll released the day before the budget speech, 79% said that the GOP should put more effort into cooperating with the President and only 17% said Republicans should stick by their principles. Indeed, a brace of polls indicated great faith in Obama, somewhat less faith in his proposed solutions, and a crushing consensus that the Republican Party seemed more interested in playing politics at a time of crisis than in behaving constructively. Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal, a smart fellow...