Obama Q+A at the 2010 House Republican retreat

-- Jesse Gordon, jesse@OnTheIssues.org, Jan. 30, 2010

Click on a participant to pop-up their full list of quotations from Obama Q+A at the 2010 House Republican retreat (number of quotes indicated): Barack Obama (11) Mike Pence (3) Paul Ryan (3) Russell Feingold (1) Shelley Moore Capito (1) OR click on an issue category below for a subset.

Budget & Economy    Barack Obama: Recovery Act averted a second Great Depression.    Barack Obama: Appoint bipartisan fiscal commission and re-establish PAYGO.    Barack Obama: Across-the-board tax cuts wouldn't stimulate economy.    Barack Obama: Increased spending comes from Bush's automatic stabilizers.    Barack Obama: Spending freeze now would be destimulative; later is better.    Mike Pence: Across-the-board tax relief stimulates broad-based growth.    Paul Ryan: Automatic stabilizer spending is mandatory spending.    Paul Ryan: Freeze spending now, rather than in future budget.

Energy & Oil    Barack Obama: Big promoter of clean coal technology & nukes.    Shelley Moore Capito: Cap-and-trade plus aggressive EPA are job-killing.

Government Reform    Barack Obama: Would love line-item veto, but start with earmark reform.    Paul Ryan: Create a constitutional version of the line-item veto.    Russell Feingold: Create a constitutional version of the line-item veto.

Health Care    Barack Obama: High-risk pool for uninsured, now in plan, was GOP idea.

Jobs    Barack Obama: Recession job losses more severe than anticipated.    Mike Pence: $700B stimulus did not deliver promised employment.

Principles & Values    Barack Obama: Loyal opposition is not just valuable, but a necessity.

Tax Reform    Barack Obama: No across-the-board tax cuts for the wealthy.    Mike Pence: Across-the-board tax relief better than stimulus bill.

Click for quotations from other sources by:
• Barack Obama
• Mike Pence
• Paul Ryan
• Russell Feingold
• Shelley Moore Capito