{"id":5794,"date":"2011-09-06T01:05:18","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T08:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5794"},"modified":"2011-09-06T01:05:18","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T08:05:18","slug":"obama-warns-republicans-about-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/06\/obama-warns-republicans-about-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Warns Republicans About Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Yesterday the President celebrated Labor Day with labor in Detroit.&#160; He remains the master campaigner, and from the reactions I saw in the crowd, the workers received him well.&#160; While not wanting to preempt his coming speech on Thursday, he did reveal that his jobs plan will include repairing roads and bridges and extending the payroll tax holiday.&#160; I liked most of what he had to say, but one statement did concern me.<\/font><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: none; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; margin-left: auto; border-left-width: 0px; margin-right: auto; padding-top: 0px\" title=\"6ObamaDetroit0905\" border=\"0\" alt=\"6ObamaDetroit0905\" src=\"https:\/\/www.7thstep.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/6ObamaDetroit0905.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"320\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Obama sent <strong>a warning shot<\/strong> across the bow of congressional Republicans in his Labor Day speech in Detroit this afternoon, pledging to hold them accountable publicly if they fail to support the job-creation plan he puts forth later this week.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal he\u2019ll outline in his address to Congress on Thursday is filled with \u201cbipartisan ideas,\u201d Obama said, and <strong>Republicans can either get on board or explain their refusal to the American people<\/strong>&#8230; [<em>emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Inserted from &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/politics\/la-obama-warns-jobs-speech-20110905,0,2056995.story\" target=\"_blank\">LA Times<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">Here is the complete video of that speech.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"390\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KflsCo4iaL4?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">The statement that concerned me is, <\/font><font color=\"#0000ff\">&quot;I still believe both parties can work together.&quot;&#160; After Republicans have demonstrated over and over and over again there is nothing they won\u2019t do to avoid working with him, he must realize that statement is just not true.&#160; They have met him with obstruction, lies, absurd conspiracy theories, threats of violence and racism at every turn.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#0000ff\">There is only one way to get cooperation from Republicans.&#160; Obama must take charge of the debate and frame his issues in such a way that failure to cooperate will cause Republicans more political damage than to cooperate.&#160; Then, if they still refuse, he must unleash that damage.&#160; Otherwise, Republican leaders do not care whom they hurt, or even kill, if they can use it for political advantage.<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday the President celebrated Labor Day with labor in Detroit.&#160; He remains the master campaigner, and from the reactions I saw in the crowd, the workers received him well.&#160; 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