Ben Smith with video from fghkln12367, (01:02):
In an interview on the Colorado Springs station KOAA yesterday, Obama addressed what's emerged as a central Republican argument: The threat of single-party control.
Obama said he plans to work with Republicans, and he didn't anticipate any "sudden lurches to the left" or any "crazy things."
In the clip above, he's asked about "the possibility of one party control in the executive and legislative."
Here's his full response:
Well, look, I think that my main concern right now is just making a case for why we need to change the economic policies that have gotten us into such a mess over the last eight years. I want to collaborate with Democrats and Republicans in getting that done. And you know, there are a lot of Democrats who may be elected who’ve made a commitment to their constituents to be centrist, I don’t think they’re gonna want to have sudden lurches to the left.
I think what we need to do is to create a responsive enough government that we’re dealing with our heath care crisis, dealing with energy in a serious way, pushing through a more balanced tax program so that middle class families are benefitting and responsibly ending the war in Iraq. Those things are going to take up a huge amount of time, you know when we’re also trying to stabilize the financial market.
I don’t think we’re going to have time to engage in a bunch of crazy things that people, the McCain campaign specifically, has suggested we might.
Barack Obama
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