In addressing the nation on Thanksgiving on live morning radio, U.S. President Barack Obama called out to the newly elected Republican representatives as well as the minority Democrats to apply bipartisanship treatment on the country’s continuing economic ailments. This comes right after the Democrats endured a stunning defeat on the November 2 national elections during which 60 representatives from the formerly majority party were unseated from the House of Congress. Obama, who had just released two turkeys at the Mount Vernon home of the late George Washington to spare his administration of “shellacking” in November, says that neither party would ultimately achieve their economic goals if they choose to work apart.
Obama cited that there is now an urgent need to set economic recovery of the country into an accelerated pace. Obama was quoted as saying that “in the coming weeks and months, I hope we can work together,” as he addressed both parties of Congress. Obama also shared information on an upcoming White House appointment the following week with the upper echelons of both representative parties to discuss issues with honesty and realistic propositions.
Friction between the two parties is definitely expected, especially when touching on topics such as the expiration of Bush-era tax reductions given to the rich, as well as talks over the U.S.-Russian START nuclear treaty. Obama wishes that both parties stop mud slinging each other and rather get into fruitful deliberations. Meanwhile, the Republican party voted to let incoming Georgia representative Austin Scott to deliver their political message over the radio, a clear sign of the majority being controlled by the new congressmen.