- Posted Jan. 9, 2013 9:10 a.m.
- No more Mr. Nice Guy
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For four years, President Obama tried his best to play patty-cake with the Republicans in Congress.
Well, that was then, and THIS is now:
Barack Obama is looking for a few good fights.
Obama, the same president who campaigned twice on breaking the cycle of conflict in Washington, sees the utility — even the necessity — of rattling Republican cages as he plunges into a succession of upcoming battles over the nomination of Chuck Hagel as secretary of defense, the debt ceiling, $1 trillion in automatic budget cuts, immigration reform and gun control.
Obama’s willingness to take a more overtly ...
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