oh snap: Obama to Republicans at Boehner's bridge: What are you waiting for? #p2 #tcot @gop

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/22/1019317/-Obama-to-Republicans-at-Boehners-bridge:-What-are-you-waiting-for?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dailykos%2Findex+%28Daily+Kos%29

President Obama took his campaign for the American Jobs Act to an aging bridge connecting John Boehner's Ohio with Mitch McConnell's Kentucky. Standing before the bridge, which is in desperate need of replacement, Obama delivered his most fiery remarks since unveiling the legislation, calling each of the Republican leaders out by name, explicitly saying that they and their party are the only thing standing in the way of getting a jobs bill passed. It's worth a watch: President Obama in words and tone seemed fully committed to the fight for his bill, and showed no signs of backing down.

Partial transcript:

This bill is not that complicated: it's a bill that would put people back to work rebuilding America. […] There is work to be done, and workers ready to do it. So let's tell Congress to pass this jobs bill right away. [Crowd: "Pass the bill!"]

What is Congress waiting for? Why is it taking so long? Now, the bridge behind us just happens to connect the state that's home to to the Speaker of the House with the home state the Republican leader in the Senate.

Now that's just a coincidence. It's purely accidental that that happened. (Laughs)

But part of the reason I came here is that Mr. Boehner and Mr. McConnell, those are the two most powerful Republicans in government. They can either kill this jobs bill or they can help pass this jobs bill. […] There's no reason for Republicans in Congress to stand in the way of more construction projects. There's no reason to stand in the way of more jobs.

Mr. Boehner. Mr. McConnell. Help us rebuild this bridge! Help us rebuild America! Help us put construction workers back to work! Pass this bill!