Bye Partisan?

The candidate of change says of our current economic situation that this "house is on fire" and we need to move away from "this hyper-political environment."

ABC asked...

"You're a very persuasive man, you have a certain amount of influence..."

"...could you have done more, should you have done more, before the House vote yesterday to lobby for votes?"

Obama replied...

"I don't think me calling House Republican members would have been that helpful, I tend not to be that persuasive on that side of the aisle."

But Barack, you told us...

"The only way to end the petty partisanship that has consumed Washington for so long and make a difference in the lives of ordinary Americans is by bringing Republicans and Democrats together to get things done. That's what I've done throughout over a decade in public office."

He's not the uniter he wants you to think he is and the scientific community is united in that fact.