President Obama won praise from some of the House's most conservative lawmakers as "engaging" and "respectful" during his meeting with congressional Republicans Tuesday.
Rep. Bob Inglis (R-S.C.) said that Obama was sincere and "impressive" during his meeting with Republicans Tuesday afternoon.
"There's real desire in this room to figure a way back to prosperity," Inglis wrote on Twitter. "[The president] and Republicans here [are] expressing deep concern about unemployment."
"If [the] President carries this on it does open door for a new tone!" Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) exclaimed.
"Sharp differences are muted," Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) Twittered.
Inglis said that a comment by Obama that he would rather be a one-term president who addressed the economy than a two-term president who did not went particularly well.
Does anyone really believe that? On day three of his administration he was talking about what they'd have to do to win re-election. If the GOP believes Obama is being truthful about the one-term thing, they're delusional.
At least one GOP Rep seemed to have the right take on the meeting:
"President Obama is speaking to House Republicans right now on Democratic stimulus bill," wrote Rep. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) on Twitter. "Good sales man, bad product."The Obama stimulus plan is a bad bill. It's loaded with pork projects, including $4 billion dollars for "community organizers" (i.e. ACORN), plus a lot of other stuff that won't stimulate anything.
Obama doesn't need a single GOP vote to pass this thing. If it's such a wonderful plan, why is he scrambling for GOP votes? Very simple - he needs political cover so that when this fails it won't be just his or the Dems fault.
The GOP needs to stand up for conservative principles and refuse to support this bill...regardless of how nice Obama treats them.
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