
Obama se présente lui-même comme le négligé de la prochaine campagne électorale. Depuis déjà quelques semaines, il est plus agressif et ne ménage aucunement les candidats à l'investiture républicaine.
"Mr. Obama’s re-election team said in a memo that Texas Gov. Rick Perry, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney “and the Republican field” are out of step with most Americans by opposing tax increases for the wealthy and passage of the president’s $447 billion jobs bill.
“The campaign to win the Republican nomination has become a campaign to win the hearts and minds of the tea party,” Obama campaign press secretary Ben LaBolt said.
And in an interview with ABC News‘ George Stephanopoulos on Monday, Mr. Obama blasted GOP officials as unwilling to compromise.
“I’ve tried every step of the way to get the Republican Party to work with me,” Mr. Obama said. “Each time, all we’ve gotten from them is ‘no.’ “
After spending a summer mostly locked in negotiations with congressional Republicans about deficits and debt, Mr. Obama has intensified his attacks on the Republicans in recent days. He criticized the entire field of candidates in a speech Saturday night for failing to speak out against a few people who booed a gay soldier’s question about the ending of “don’t ask, don’t tell” at a Republican debate.
In the interview with ABC, Mr. Obama even hit at New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is expected to decide this week whether to run for president. Mr. Christie last week called Mr. Obama a “bystander in the Oval Office” who has divided Americans.
“If the guy’s thinking about running for president, he’s going to say a lot of stuff,” Mr. Obama said. “I’m not sure folks in New Jersey necessarily agree with him.”
But even as he grows more combative about Republican presidential contenders, Mr. Obama acknowledged that he is in a weak position for re-election. Mr. Stephanopoulos asked the president how he can persuade people that they are better off than they were four years ago, the question made famous by Ronald Reagan when he challenged President Carter in 1980.
“I don’t think that they’re better off than they were four years ago,” Mr. Obama said. “We’ve been able to make steady progress to stabilize the economy, but the unemployment rate is still way too high.”
Mr. Stephanopoulos, who was one of the principal architects of Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 “It’s the economy, stupid” campaign, noted that a new ABC News poll shows 55 percent of Americans think Mr. Obama will be a one-term president. Asked whether he’s the “underdog,” Mr. Obama replied “absolutely,” because of the economy."
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/3/underdog-obama-on-attack-against-gop/
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