Republicans Pounce on Obama's Midterm Misstep

In describing why he could not campaign for some of the most vulnerable Democrats in the midterm elections, the President seemed to offer his political enemies a gift.

U.S. President Barack Obama makes a statement in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House August 18, 2014 in Washington, DC. Obama returned early from his vacation in Martha's Vineyard to hold meetings with his national security team and also with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in regards to the situation in Iraq and the continuing violence in Ferguson, Missouri.
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By David Knowles

October 21, 2014 at 8:01 PM UTC

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Republicans reacted downright gleefully today to President Obama's gift-wrapped campaign ad last night on Al Sharpton's MSNBC show. In case you missed it, he was counting all of the ways that he and Congressional Democrats agree at a time when they are saying they don't agree at all:

House Speaker John Boehner used the President's words to hammer home his message that Senate Democrats have stood in the way of House GOP job bills.