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Originally Posted by PIMking
I just want someone that we can all rally around, we need a leader! simply put I will vote for anyone that would come out and flat out say "I'm here for you, I'm not pulling party politics and we all will be better if we all just work together instead of arguing all the damn time"
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From Obama's victory speech in 2008:
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Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. 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, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, "We are not enemies, but friends…though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection." And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn – I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.
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He very clearly wanted to work with politicians on both sides of the aisle, but Republicans in congress would have none of it. The GOP has become so radicalized since the rise of the Tea Party that any officeholder, no matter how conservative, runs the risk of being primaried if they cooperate with Obama on any issue.