Obama, Republicans Spar at GOP Event
By GREG HITT
WSJ
BALTIMORE—President Barack Obama sparred with House Republicans over job growth, the deficit and health care Friday, in an unusual dialogue that both brought the two sides together and also exemplified Washington's political gridlock.
The retreat here for House Republicans went on for nearly 90 minutes. At times combative and confident, Mr. Obama fielded questions on a range of topics, from the national debt to health care to trade. "I'm having fun," he said at one point.
At a GOP retreat, President Obama made the case that partisanship and bickering is holding up reform. Courtesy of Fox News.
From time to time, presidents have dropped in on party retreats, regardless of affiliation. But rare is the moment when a sitting president will visit—and take public questions—from members of the opposite party.
The president said "both sides" bear responsibility for the "sour climate" on Capitol Hill, and agreed he could have done more over the last year to bring the two parties together. "That's a failure on my part," he said.
Mr. Obama challenged Republicans to find ways to work together and set aside the charged rhetoric that defined much of the political debate over the last year.
(More here.)
WSJ
BALTIMORE—President Barack Obama sparred with House Republicans over job growth, the deficit and health care Friday, in an unusual dialogue that both brought the two sides together and also exemplified Washington's political gridlock.
The retreat here for House Republicans went on for nearly 90 minutes. At times combative and confident, Mr. Obama fielded questions on a range of topics, from the national debt to health care to trade. "I'm having fun," he said at one point.
At a GOP retreat, President Obama made the case that partisanship and bickering is holding up reform. Courtesy of Fox News.
From time to time, presidents have dropped in on party retreats, regardless of affiliation. But rare is the moment when a sitting president will visit—and take public questions—from members of the opposite party.
The president said "both sides" bear responsibility for the "sour climate" on Capitol Hill, and agreed he could have done more over the last year to bring the two parties together. "That's a failure on my part," he said.
Mr. Obama challenged Republicans to find ways to work together and set aside the charged rhetoric that defined much of the political debate over the last year.
(More here.)
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