Barack Obama: “When I made a series of overtures to the Republicans; going over to meet with both Republican caucuses; you know…”

“When I made a series of overtures to the Republicans; going over to meet with both Republican caucuses; you know, putting three Republicans in my cabinet, something that is unprecedented; making sure that they were invited here to the White House to talk about the economic recovery plan, all those were not designed simply to get some short-term votes.”