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Barack Obama: I am not going to anticipate problems. I'm going to go in there with a spirit of bipartisanship and a sense that both…

On the recordNovember 6, 2008
I am not going to anticipate problems. I'm going to go in there with a spirit of bipartisanship and a sense that both the president and various leaders in Congress all recognize the severity of the situation right now and want to get stuff done.
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Barack Obama
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Obama expresses his intention to approach his meeting with President Bush with a spirit of bipartisanship.

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