"We've got such big issues to deal with right now, and there are such substantial differences between certainly my position and any of the Republican candidates. "I'm not big on someone's personal lives being poked and prodded and that ends up being the primary issue," Obama told Walters. When asked whether he believes scrutiny of a candidate's marriage history should be part of the process during the 2012 presidential campaign, Obama seemed to pull back.Ī candidate's domestic fidelity has become an issue in the GOP primary race as Gingrich's rivals have suggested his three marriages are suggestive of a person whose loyalty can't be relied upon. put them in a better position in order to succeed over the long term. "I think that the choices we've made have made America stronger, and have made the American people. "I want to be a really good two-term president," Obama said. "So, you won't be a mediocre two-term president? " Walters asked. And, in order for us to move forward, we're going to have to do more work," he said. "I think what it suggests is that we've gone through a very difficult time. "Does that suggest that the American people find you a mediocre president?" Walters asked Obama. Meanwhile, unfavorable views of Obama have hit an all-time high, according to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. The inability of Democrats and Republicans in Congress to compromise, fueled in part by pre-primary rhetoric on the campaign trail, is threatening for the third time this year to shut down the government this weekend if both sides can't reach a deal on a spending bill and payroll tax cut extension. "And it's not unusual, after such a severe economic crisis like this, for the politics to be impacted by that, for people to lurch into extremes, or to get more combative." "I do think those dynamics are making it more difficult to get things done," Obama said. In 2006, then-governor Romney signed into law health care legislation that required state residents to obtain a health insurance plan or face a penalty and provided subsidies to some who couldn't afford insurance. Gingrich in 2007 called on Congress to create a national health insurance exchange, health savings accounts and "require anyone who earns more than $50,000 a year to purchase health insurance or post a bond." He has since called the idea of an individual mandate "unconstitutional." He was alluding to former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. "If I propose a health care bill that is full of Republican ideas - in fact, is very similar to the law that was passed by the current Republican front runner, or one of the top frontrunners ? the other guy was supportive of many of the ideas as well - suddenly, they become against it," he said.
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