President Barack Obama is nothing if not smart, and those who are counting Democrats out during the mid-term elections at this early date may want to think again.
During a speech in Ohio, Obama picked John Boehner, the Minority leader who would like to be Speaker of the House, as his foil. He couldn’t have chosen better.
First, Boehner is a classic example of a politician without a fresh idea whose only contributions to the national debate for the past two years have been negative. Secondly, he looks like a two-legged rat. And finally, he is indeed the face of the Congressional Republican party, a group that, let’s remember, has done nothing constructive for two years; when they could have come up with common-sense alternatives to Obama’s agenda, or contributed ideas, the simply answered “No.”
As Obama said: “Some Republican leaders figured it was smart politics to sit on the sidelines and let Democrats solve the mess.” That’s Boehner, a cynical creature of Washington if ever one walked the earth.
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