President Obama, earlier today, took on Republicans at their own House GOP retreat, challenging them to join him in passing the spending freeze, saying that, “nothing in this proposal runs contrary to the ideological predisposition of this caucus.”
rawstory.com: A combative President Obama sparred back and forth with Republicans in Baltimore Friday, telling House members they had backed themselves into a corner by painting his administration as being radical.
It was an unusual question-and-answer session that some observers have compared to Question Period in the British House of Commons, when the prime minister takes questions from opposition lawmakers. And even some conservative commentators admit Obama won the debate and gave himself a much-needed image boost.