I hope he doesn't give up ....

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http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.eeac7f78d2b167aedda59104fadd
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Obama vows to beat 'blizzard' of opposition
Feb 6 11:52 AM US/Eastern


President Barack Obama vowed Saturday to beat a "blizzard" of opposition 
and to salvage his crusade for change, leaving a snow-buried White House 
to rally Democrats spooked by looming November polls. 

Obama motorcaded through deserted Washington streets during a historic 
winter storm to fire up a party rocked by panic and disaffection after 
the president's reform drive hit a roadblock after just a year in power. 

"(It's) good to be among friends. So committed to the future of this 
party and this country ... a blizzard ... Snowmageddon here in DC!" 
Obama told Democratic National Committee members hunkered down in a 
Washington hotel. 

Obama sharply warned that he would not give up on his effort to pass 
health care reform through Congress, even though the loss of the 
Democratic Senate supermajority leaves his wavering party few easy 
options to enact it. 

"Just in case there's any confusion out there, let me be clear. I am not 
going to walk away from health insurance reform," Obama said, in one of 
his most feisty speeches since his 2008 election campaign. 

"I'm not going to walk away from the American people. I'm not going to 
walk away on this challenge. I'm not going to walk away on any 
challenge.' 

On Friday, Obama admitted health care reform could die in Congress, and 
warned Democrats they would face the judgement of voters in November's 
mid-term congressional polls if they quit the fight on his top priority 
issue. 

The remarks were seen by some observers as a sign that Obama was 
contemplating admitting defeat on health care, a view his comments on 
Saturday seemed to be designed to dispel. 

The president argued that to pass health care, and other top agenda 
issues, he and his party would have to change the poisoned political 
culture in the US capital, and by implication, win some Republican 
support for his initiatives. 

"We're going to have to change the prevailing politics in this town. 

"We may be moving forward against the prevailing winds. Sometimes it may 
be against a blizzard. But we're going to live up to our responsibility 
to lead." 

It remains unclear however if Republicans will see any political 
advantage in working with Obama, considering a revival in their 
political fortunes has been based on blanket opposition to his agenda. 

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Democrats --  The party of economic obstruction ....

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