{"id":5819,"date":"2011-09-10T00:10:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T07:10:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=5819"},"modified":"2011-09-10T00:10:17","modified_gmt":"2011-09-10T07:10:17","slug":"obama-goes-to-cantor-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/10\/obama-goes-to-cantor-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Goes to Cantor Country"},"content":{"rendered":"

Obama took his jobs plan on the road, and for his first stop, he chose the district of one of the Republican Party\u2019s most hypocritical obstructionists, Eric Cantor (R-VA).  Cantor was one of the prime leaders in holding America hostage during the debt ceiling crisis they manufactured. That made Cantor\u2019s district an ideal place to start.<\/font><\/p>\n

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The White House launched a full-court press Friday to rally public support behind President Barack Obama’s new jobs plan, dispatching the president to the backyard of one of his most obstructive Republican nemeses and flooding reporters with emails praising the plan from mayors, governors, lawmakers and union and business leaders across the country<\/strong>… <\/p>\n

…Fresh from urging Congress to "pass the bill" \u2014 a phrase he uttered 17 times in a 33-minute speech Thursday night \u2014 Obama pressed the crowd for help at a spirited college rally, saying he wanted them to call, email, tweet, fax, Facebook or "send a carrier pigeon" to members of Congress, urging them to back his $447 billion package<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

"I want you to tell your congressperson, the time for gridlock and games is over," he told an enthusiastic crowd of 8,900 at the University of Richmond. "The time for action is now. The time to create jobs is now."<\/p>\n

The University of Richmond sits squarely in the congressional district of one of his chief GOP sparring partners: House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. The Virginia Republican \u2014 who held his own jobs event later Friday in his district \u2014 struck a conciliatory tone<\/strong> Friday.<\/p>\n

A few hours after Obama spoke, Cantor appeared at Titan America, a heavy building materials company in Richmond, and vowed cooperation \u2014 but also urged the president not to urge Congress to simply pass one big bill<\/strong>… [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Considering that I could hear Republicans sneering derisively during the congressional address, Cantor would not have sounded conciliatory, if he were not afraid.  What Obama has done is presented Republicans a package they have no reason to oppose except one.  They refuse to pass anything that runs counter to the greed of the millionaires, billionaires, and corporate criminals that own the Republican Party.  When they oppose it, and they will, they will be exposing themselves before American voters.<\/font><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a brief video outtake.<\/font><\/p>\n