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Hey, Obama, GOP 'Can't Do It Alone'

This is the president's 'leadership moment'

By Polly Davis Doig, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 20, 2011 9:04 AM CST

(Newser) – President Obama's deficit commission co-chairs may think real fiscal responsibility is still possible, but Eric Cantor thinks the president's budget "shattered our best hopes" with its "conspicuous lack of candor." "This is a leadership moment," he writes in an opinion on Politico. "House Republicans took the lead by passing the largest discretionary spending cuts since World War II," but, he says, "one party in a divided government can't do it alone."

"To re-establish the United States as the economic powerhouse of the 21st century, we need bold actions, not 'conversations,'” Cantor says, and Obama needs to stop "kicking the can down the road. People deserve leaders who think about the next generation—not just the next election," says Cantor, who promises to "be a partner. The president promised a brighter future. Here’s your chance to lead, Mr. President."

Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks on NBC's "Meet the Press" in Washington Sunday, Jan. 23, 2011. (AP Photo/NBC, William B. Plowman)

In this Nov. 22, 2010, file photo Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks during a ceremony to present the the 2010 Congressional Veteran Commendations in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Congressman, Eric Cantor, R-Va., speaks during a ceremony presenting the 2010 Congressional Veteran Commendations in Richmond, Va., Monday, Nov. 22, 2010. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

In this March 25, 2010 file photo, House Minority Whip Eric Cantor of Va. makes a statement to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File)

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Spudsy

Feb 20, 2011 7:02 PM CST

Okay assh@le, so let us tax the rich like they were taxed back in the 1950's. You remember the 50's? It's part of that "good old time America" that you bastards always pay lip service to.

Duxburian

Feb 20, 2011 5:05 PM CST

But Eric - the GOP did it all. The GOP dug America into the hole they're in. The GOP instituted the policies that wrecked the economy. The GOP gave away billions to the people who need it least while kicking veterans and mothers into the streets.

brutaltruth

Feb 20, 2011 3:20 PM CST

Just perused the comments of the Newser Left below. So typical. Lots of slings and arrows, but very few acknowledgements of Cantor's olive branch. Kudos to Rocky for trying. Let's see how the American People like what the new congress is doing. I'm betting they'll like it a lot more than the demagoguery found here (or the absenteeism at the White House).

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