{"id":581,"date":"2010-02-03T08:35:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2010\/02\/obama-crosses-forward-republic.html"},"modified":"2010-02-03T08:35:43","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T08:35:43","slug":"obama-crosses-forward-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2010\/02\/obama-crosses-forward-republic.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama crosses forward; Republicans in Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, President Obama <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2010\/01\/29\/president-holds-open-discussion-across-aisle\">attended the House Republican retreat<\/a> in Baltimore by invitation to interact with the opposition caucus and try to seek some common ground. It&#8217;s a remarkable event because he also directly answered questions from the Representatives. He gives an incredible defense of his genuine intentions for bipartisanship, scolds the Republicans for their extremist rhetoric, and defended the stimulus bill and the economic recovery of his Administration in a clear and compelling way.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m embedding the video below and you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/the-press-office\/remarks-president-gop-house-issues-conference\">read the full transcript<\/a> at the White House blog. It&#8217;s basically a vindication of his entire first year in office, despite the naysayers from left and right. President Obama will be attending a similar retreat for House Democrats later and I am certain he will face equally tough questions with equally firm responses.<\/p>\n<p><object xmlns=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\"\/><param name=\"wmode\"\/><embed xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\" src=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player.swf\" width=\"480\" height=\"300\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" flashvars=\"file=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/videos\/2010\/January\/012910_BaltimoreMD.m4v&amp;path_to_plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins&amp;path_to_player=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player&amp;skin=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/skins\/EOP_skin.swf&amp;captions_url=&amp;image=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/audio-video\/video_thumbnail\/P012910PS-0437-2.jpg&amp;controlbar=bottom&amp;frontcolor=AAAAAA&amp;plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins\/privacy\/privacy,http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins\/hat\/hat,http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins\/share\/share,http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins\/captions\/captions&amp;captions.file=&amp;stretching=fill&amp;menu=false\"\/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, President Obama attended the House Republican retreat in Baltimore by invitation to interact with the opposition caucus and try to seek some common ground. 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The name City of Brass refers to the Story of the City of Brass in the Thousand and One Nights, and the poem by Rudyard Kipling of the same name: Here was a people whom, after their works, thou shalt see wept over for their lost dominion; And in this palace is the last information respecting lords collected in the dust. -- Thousand and One Nights, Story of the City of Brass IN A land that the sand overlays, the ways to her gates are untrod, A multitude ended their days whose fates were made splendid by God, Till they grew drunk and were smitten with madness and went to their fall, And of these is a story written: but Allah Alone knoweth all! -- Rudyard Kipling, The City of Brass (1909)"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/165"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}