Obama takes shots at GOP field ...

Making his first stop in Minnesota, Obama brought up Romney's one-time endorsement of a individual health insurance mandate, and he seized on Republican presidential candidates saying last week that they would not accept a deal that included $10 in spending cuts for every $1 in increased revenues.

"None of them," Obama said. "None of them would take it. Think about that. I mean, that's just not common sense."

The president, wearing no tie and with his shirt sleeves rolled up, did not face much criticism from a crowd that appeared to be supportive of his efforts.

Instead, the questions provided Obama with a platform from which to launch an attack on Republicans that he previewed at a stop last week in Michigan, blasting the GOP Congress. ...

But as much as the president criticized politics for impeding progress on the economy, Obama offered a defense of the U.S. government, saying that government includes teachers, police officers and soldiers.

"As frustrated as you are about politics, don't buy into this notion that somehow government is what's holding us back," Obama said.

He refuses to take responsibility for not one thing that has happened under his watch. A true leader accepts responsibility.

“[highlight]I take responsibility[/highlight],” he told reporters in the East Room of the White House. “It is my job to make sure that everything is done to shut this down.”

"Over the last two years, we've made progress but clearly too many Americans haven't felt that progress yet. They told us that yesterday," he said. "As president, [highlight]I take responsibility[/highlight] for that."

“I think[highlight]I have to take direct responsibility[/highlight] that we have not made as much progress as we need to make,” he told reporters at the White House.

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The president has failed the American people. He refuses to take responsibility for not one thing that has happened under his watch. A true leader accepts responsibility. A true leader is passionate about his country so much that he would cast aside a vacation to Martha's Vineyard when people are struggling due to his massive wasteful spending that has unemployment at record levels. This president has failed us on so many levels. It is such a shame. He has to go. We need to restore our nations reputation back that he has tainted with his lack of leadership.



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Oh, and I'm sure you were just as upset about W taking more vacation time than any other president in history. Would you mind linking us to your posts about that?