Governator: Obama Needs 'Team Players'

Calls out fellow GOP as McConnell calls for fast Burris hearing

By Wesley Oliver, Newser Staff

Posted Feb 22, 2009 12:03 PM CST

(Newser) – Arnold Schwarzenegger is urging politicians of all political stripes to line up behind President Obama. “I feel very strongly that President Obama right now needs team players,” the California governor told ABC’s This Week, noting that partisan wrangling creates “insecurity.” Schwarzenegger also called his fellow Republicans out of touch on everyday issues. Governors dominated the Sunday morning airwaves:

Florida’s Charlie Crist, who’s taken some heat from fellow Republicans for backing Obama’s stimulus plan, says he’s willing to give the new president “a shot.”
But Haley Barbour suggested he wouldn’t accept all of the money headed toward Mississippi. “We want more jobs,” he told CNN. “You don't get more jobs by putting an extra tax on creating jobs.”
South Carolina's Mark Sanford, Minnesota's Tim Pawlenty, and Lousiana's Bobby Jindal all refused to rule out a run for the White House in 2012.
But Washington didn't forget about Roland Burris: Mitch McConnell told CNN's State of the Union he wants a quick recommendation from the Senate ethics committee about the beleaguered Illinois senator.

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In this photo provided by ABC News, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talks with George Stephanopoulos on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009 at the Newseum in Washington. (AP Photo/This Week, Lauren Victoria Burke)

In this photo provided by ABC News, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger talks with George Stephanopoulos on This Week with George Stephanopoulos on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. (AP Photo/This Week, Lauren Victoria Burke)

President Barack Obama looks on as Florida Gov. Charlie Crist introduces him at a town hall meeting to discuss the economy, Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009, at the Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal answers a questions at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, La. Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. Jindal departed New Orleans to join other governors... (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

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Caps

Feb 25, 2009 6:05 AM CST

Bacimom, I do the same thing with Corona comment, because I know he is just spewing hate and bile again. He needs to realize Obama is the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF and just shut the hell up with his stupid comments.

bacimom

Feb 24, 2009 12:37 AM CST

I wish their people could see that instead of keeping on the party blinders... Please note Beery's comment below. I rest my case... read what you want into my comments not what I wrote.

bacimom

Feb 24, 2009 12:35 AM CST

I am neither racist nor liberal. I couldn't care less that Jindal is Indian or Martian, only that he's out of touch with his state's needs at this time and only cares about playing his base for the next presidential election. My point is that people like you constantly went on about Obama not being American or Christian but those are the same hypocrites that will not behave the same way about their own guy. You Corona are a moron. You can dish it out but you can't take it. I have nothing to be ashamed of. I do appreciate your opinion that I am a noted blogger though. It actually means that you read my posts. I on the otherhand just skim yours and shake my head.. Ignorance is bliss, too bad it isn't painful.

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