Cantor To Obama: I Wish You Wouldn’t Speak Directly To The People

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Speaking to reporters after the President Obama’s jobs speech last night, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) sounded a bit upset with the way the President delivered his proposal. ‘The message was: either accept my package as it is, or I will take it to the American people. I would say that that’s the wrong approach.’ The GOP leader then had the audacity to claim ‘what we’re here to do is try to transcend differences, not let them get in the way in the areas we can make progress on.’

This is a line we haven’t heard recently from Republican leaders. Perhaps they are responding to recent poll numbers suggesting historically unprecedented anger at their inability to compromise.

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