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Barack Obama: To my Republican friends, I want them to realize that me reaching out to them has been genuine. I can't sort of define…

On the recordMay 22, 2009
To my Republican friends, I want them to realize that me reaching out to them has been genuine. I can't sort of define bipartisanship as simply being willing to accept certain theories of theirs that we tried for eight years and didn't work, and the American people voted to change. But there are a whole host of areas where we can work together.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

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President Obama discusses his genuine attempts at bipartisanship with Republicans.

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