Obama continuing to bend over backwards for obstructionist repugs who care nothing for our country

Obama seeks GOP help on economy; McConnell hopeful

WASHINGTON – Hours before a meeting with President Barack Obama, House Republican leaders sought to rally opposition Tuesday to a White House-backed economic stimulus measure with an $825 billion price tag.

Several officials said that Reps. John Boehner of Ohio, the GOP leader, and Eric Cantor of Virginia, his second-in-command, delivered the appeal at a closed-door meeting of the Republican rank and file. Both men said the legislation contains too much wasteful spending that will not help the economy recover from its worst nosedive since the Great Depression, the officials added.

The officials who described the closed-door session did so on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to disclose the discussions.

The request for opposition came one day after Obama extended Republicans an olive branch, appealing to House Democrats to jettison an estimated $200 million ticketed for family planning services for low-income people.

The House is expected to vote Wednesday on the bill, and congressional leaders have pledged to have it ready for Obama's signature by mid-February.

Obama has made economic recovery his top presidential priority, and the political maneuvering surrounding the stimulus legislation has become intense, only one week into his tenure.

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Why does Obama keep making all of these bad concessions to the obstructionist repugs who just want to block and not help? He will never make those scumbags happy, so why keep trying and removing positive sections of the stimulus plan to make room for failed policies that we know for a fact don't work? This makes no freakin' sense and is damn frustrating.

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Why is anyone, especially Obama, even listening to the GOP?

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