Discover Yahoo! With Your Friends

Explore news, videos, and much more based on what your friends are reading and watching. Publish your own activity and retain full control.

To get started, first

YOUR FRIENDS' ACTIVITY

    Obama's Strategy Targets Republicans in Congress—Reports

    The Obama administration offered a glimpse of its strategy going into the new year: Pillory congressional Republicans as obstructionist and sound populist themes in speeches across the country.

    “In terms of the president’s relationship with Congress in 2012,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at a briefing, according to The New York Times, "the president is no longer tied to Washington, D.C.”

    Obama, who wrested a political victory from Congress earlier this month when House Republicans reversed their opposition to a two-month extension to a payroll-tax cut, plans to make a year extension of the tax holiday his final "must-do" legislation before the election, according to The Washington Post.

    Obama invoked populist strains during a key speech in Oswatomie, Kansas, in early December. 

    "This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class, and for all those who are fighting to get into the middle class. Because what’s at stake is whether this will be a country where working people can earn enough to raise a family, build a modest savings, own a home, secure their retirement," Obama said. 

     

     
    • Really  •  4 mths ago
      How come the Average American is getting poorer and yet those who are supposed to be serving in Washington DC keep getting richer?
      • Wonder Warthog 4 mths ago
        Including the never ending Bureaucratic staffers.
      • Streetdogstolz 4 mths ago
        Because the rich, who are earning more than they work for, are fleecing the middle class of their money by raising prices and not wages. The rich don't need a middle class because they don't need democracy. Only the middle class keeps democracy alive.
      • TireOf2Faces 4 mths ago
        ABC news, CBS news last week said Congressmen/women salary go up 15% while little pple like us salary has gone down 8% this past year...! Those laws they try to pass -without our approval, are always to protecting them and their milking pocket lobbying corporations - whom hide behind the curtains for years. Obama said no more Lobbying but 2011 was a record of how companies spent more $$$ in DC than paying their own taxes...! Now you know, who is really working for the People here!
    • The Old Gunny  •  4 mths ago
      Well this one will bring out the nut jobs from both sides.
      • Us and Them 4 mths ago
        Nut jobs? On Yahoo? Surely you're joking?
      • NamVetBuck 4 mths ago
        Only those with a ( D ) next to their name are nut jobs !
      • agrippa 4 mths ago
        looks like you caught one already.
    • Independant  •  La Crosse, Wisconsin  •  4 mths ago
      SOOO WHAT ELSE IS NEW? Sure don't need the media to tell us whats been going on for the last three years.
      • Somewhere in San Diego 4 mths ago
        Started when we took tax breaks and two wars.
      • Steven 4 mths ago
        And too many drunk on tea?
      • ronboy 4 mths ago
        3.9 trillion deeper in debt. thanks liberal jack #$%$
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      "This is a make-or-break moment for the middle class ..." and the middle class is defined as being what, exactly?
      • HammerBama 4 mths ago
        Ha. That is simple. Illegal aliens, blacks, and anyone else who votes for Obummer.
      • William 4 mths ago
        Its sure not the red food stamp welfare states.
      • William 4 mths ago
        Its more like slam hammer bama.
    • John C  •  La Conner, Washington  •  4 mths ago
      Smoke, mirrors, manipulation and #$%$! Take a look at Detroit with it's history of politics and corruption.... and be honest with yourselves...for a change. Look hard because that's what this country will look like if this criminal/political/manipulative behavior is not brought under control. This whole rotten mess that this country is in can be easily tracked back to politicians and their greed going back decades if not a century or more. Just follow the money.
      • REAL AMERICAN 4 mths ago
        Get rid of the anarchy in the White House.....
        Who would trust this administration that purchased two thousand high powered rifles and gave them to criminals to end the lives of innocent citizens and "disenfranchised" U.S. Border Agent Brian Terry, policemen and others, right to Vote!!????
        Atty Gen'l Holder admitted that this would cause crimes" for many years to come in the last Congressional hearings on Fast and Furious, yet he promoted his goons that carried out the administration's orders!!"
      • Ron 4 mths ago
        Holder signed off on the explosives that blew up the Murrah building in Oklahoma city also, but nothing is being done.
      • don 4 mths ago
        John C. You are right on target, but the idiot libs do not care. If by some horrific fate this racist b@#@#@d is re-elected, I have to find another country to move to and I've been looking. GOD HELP AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!
    • chechbook  •  4 mths ago
      Does anyone know what it feels like to lose a job in this economic downturn.? I have neighbors who lost theirs. Most are again employed but all have changed. There is a sharp terse anger that was not there before. Some lost theirr jobs to poor management, some to downsizing, some by lower-salaried replacement workers some to plant relocations. all were both financially and emotionally affected. So when we talk about those lazies on unemployment remember unemployment like Social Security, you had to work to draw.
    • Concerned Citizen  •  4 mths ago
      THIS is the make or break moment for the middle class? Wasn't that the 2008 election?
    • Wow2  •  4 mths ago
      BO/2008: "Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House – a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share..." (Just testing shovel ready lines).
    • olewarhorse, Independent  •  Dallas, Texas  •  4 mths ago
      Happy New Years to everyone! I'm going to the frig to get a beer because its 4pm. Be safe tonight.
    • Aaronski Man  •  Kansas City, Missouri  •  4 mths ago
      I can't wait to see the Bama in a debate. With ANYONE.
    • NoVaGuy  •  4 mths ago
      From the day he was sworn in as President, Obama has been strategizing, targeting Republicans in Congress.
      He began campaigning for 2012 back in 2009.
    • Man  •  4 mths ago
      He can target the republicans in congress all he wants for the work done since the 2010 election. BUT, how does he explain the do nothing congress run by democrats his first two years in office and the do nothing senate controlled by the democrats since 2008. They can't even pass a budget with all the votes. TIME FOR A REAL CHANGE.
    • jdvtsc  •  Columbia, South Carolina  •  4 mths ago
      Here we go get ready for someone to spend $1 billion dollars to buy the election. That is how obsurd our political system has become. You think he cares about the middle class; wrong he cares about getting re-elected by any means necessary. Congress may be one of the most corrupt organizations in the world. How come they all get richer? Insider trading, political kick backs and favors they create the law so believe they are above them. Jon Corzine anybody if anyone but a former congressman had that much money disappear they would be in jail and there assets would be frozen. There is only one way for the people to take back the country, I won't say how but it gets closer to happening every day.
    • D-man  •  4 mths ago
      “In terms of the president’s relationship with Congress in 2012,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said at a briefing, according to The New York Times, "the president is no longer tied to Washington, D.C.”

      This dolt who sits in the White House understands that "Congress" consists of both the House and the Senate, right? The same Senate headed by democrat Harry Reid, right?
    • El Gato  •  Sunnyvale, California  •  4 mths ago
      How about a strategy to create jobs Mr. President?
    • tm b  •  4 mths ago
      Is anyone STUPID enough 2 vote 4 this IDIOT Twice???????????????????
    • RICHARD L  •  Chicago, Illinois  •  4 mths ago
      Give me a break, dealing with Gongress is not the only problem this guy has. He is over his head and the country "WE" are paying for it. And yes my vote went for him on 08 but that will not happen in 2012.
    • Behshahr  •  Miami, Florida  •  4 mths ago
      Really is sad that the primary objective of both parties is not turning around this country, revitalizing the ecomomy and putting the unemployed back to work, but making the political opposition look bad and enhancing their own re-election chances.
      It is, indeed, high time for a revolution as the real truth is that this government and it's incompetent politicians have no intention of accomplishing anything but the long term destruction of our way of life.
    • William  •  4 mths ago
      The term "Congress" includes the Senate, where Dem Senators (& Harry Reid) aren't in favor of many of BHO's policies...
    • D  •  Manchester, New Hampshire  •  4 mths ago
      The New Age HILTER ! Obama is NOT the Supreme Leader ! This idea of "spreading" the wealth as he said back in 2008 on the campain trail is NOT America, we are NOT the socialist England as so many forgot WHY we broke from England in the first place !
    [ [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 2]], 'http://yhoo.it/KeQd0p', '[Slideshow: See photos taken on the way down]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['Connery is an experienced stuntman', 7]], ' http://yhoo.it/KpUoHO', '[Slideshow: Death-defying daredevils]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['know that we have confidence in', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/LqYjAX ', '[Related: The Secret Service guide to Cartagena]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['We picked up this other dog and', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JUSxvi', '[Related: 8 common dog fears, how to calm them]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 5]], 'http://bit.ly/JnoJYN', '[Related: Did WH share raid details with filmmakers?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['accused of running a fake hepatitis B', 3]], 'http://bit.ly/KoKiqJ', '[Factbox: AQAP, al-Qaeda in Yemen]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have my contacts on or glasses', 3]], 'http://abcn.ws/KTE5AZ', '[Related: Should the murder charge be dropped?]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 5]], 'http://yhoo.it/JD7nlD', '[Related: Bristol Palin reality show debuts June 19]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['have made this nation great as Sarah Palin', 1]], 'http://bit.ly/JRPFRO', '[Related: McCain adviser who vetted Palin weighs in on VP race]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['A JetBlue flight from New York to Las Vegas', 3]], 'http://yhoo.it/GV9zpj', '[Related: View photos of the JetBlue plane in Amarillo]', ' ', '630', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 15]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/white-house-stays-out-of-teen-s-killing-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120411/martinzimmermen.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['Titanic', 7]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/titanic-anniversary/', ' ', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/b/4e/b4e5ad9f00b5dfeeec2226d53e173569.jpeg', '550', ' ', ' ', ], [ [['He was in shock and still strapped to his seat', 6]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/navy-jet-crashes-in-virginia-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/cv/ip/ap/default/120406/jet_ap.jpg', '630', ' ', 'AP', ], [ [['xxxxxxxxxxxx', 11]], 'http://news.yahoo.com/photos/russian-grannies-win-bid-to-sing-at-eurovision-1331223625-slideshow/', 'Click image to see more photos', 'http://l.yimg.com/a/p/us/news/editorial/1/56/156d92f2760dcd3e75bcd649a8b85fcf.jpeg', '500', ' ', 'AP', ] ]
    [ [ [['did not go as far his colleague', 8]], '29438204', '0' ], [ [[' the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed', 4]], '28924649', '0' ], [ [['because I know God protects me', 14], ['Brian Snow was at a nearby credit union', 5]], '28811216', '0' ], [ [['The state news agency RIA-Novosti quoted Rosaviatsiya', 6]], '28805461', '0' ], [ [['measure all but certain to fail in the face of bipartisan', 4]], '28771014', '0' ], [ [['matter what you do in this case', 5]], '28759848', '0' ], [ [['presume laws are constitutional', 7]], '28747556', '0' ], [ [['has destroyed 15 to 25 houses', 7]], '28744868', '0' ], [ [['short answer is yes', 7]], '28746030', '0' ], [ [['opportunity to tell the real story', 7]], '28731764', '0' ], [ [['entirely respectable way to put off the searing constitutional controversy', 7]], '28723797', '0' ], [ [['point of my campaign is that big ideas matter', 9]], '28712293', '0' ], [ [['As the standoff dragged into a second day', 7]], '28687424', '0' ], [ [['French police stepped up the search', 17]], '28667224', '0' ], [ [['Seeking to elevate his candidacy back to a general', 8]], '28660934', '0' ], [ [['The tragic story of Trayvon Martin', 4]], '28647343', '0' ], [ [['Karzai will get a chance soon to express', 8]], '28630306', '0' ], [ [['powerful storms stretching', 8]], '28493546', '0' ], [ [['basic norm that death is private', 6]], '28413590', '0' ], [ [['songwriter also saw a surge in sales for her debut album', 6]], '28413590', '1', 'Watch music videos from Whitney Houston ', 'on Yahoo! Music', 'http://music.yahoo.com' ], [ [['keyword', 99999999999999999999999]], 'videoID', '1', 'overwrite-pre-description', 'overwrite-link-string', 'overwrite-link-url' ] ]
    Loading...