This idiot writer was never educated on how this government works. Obstruction was built in to stop another King George type.If obama had any kind of track record his policies worked then you argue against the obstruction.Nothing he´s done has worked so far. Maybe killing millions of jobs has reduced greenhouse gases if you want to stretch things.

Republicans were elected in 2010 precisely to obstruct Obama,not get in bed with him.

Besides isn´t Obama obstructing republican House proposals,not to mention Harry Reid who refuses to produce a budget.

AP narrative for the next two years: portray the repubs as extreme.

This is the new normal, folks. What should be in an op-ed becomes straight up reporting, and stories like this get carried in newspapers across the country.

The writer is not an idiot. He is making an accurate report, not finding fault. I think people should read the articles carefully.

"leaving behind a capital baffled by Republicans like him in Congress: those who stubbornly refuse to compromise with President Barack Obama"

Oh, yes, completely accurate and unbiased.

I DID read the article carefully and was alarmed by the number of false assertions by it´s author.

It is now too late to stop or prevent the crap storm about to come down on America. Young African-Americans are going to explode in urban America and it will be ugly and bloody. Is that why Obama and the DHS are buying all the assault weapons and ammo?

So, if we disagree with the "staff" of the AssePress, we did not read the article? "stubbornly refuse to compromise with Pres.Barack Obama" "brink of fiscal chaos"? Perhaps some of us ARE missing the "true" meaning of those accusations by the AssePress, and the more "enlightened" can explain the intent of the "staff" writers there. BTW, WHO are the "some" who believe Rep. Jason Chaffetz and any other Republican who disagrees with the agitator-in-chief is "damaging the GOP brand"? ... Never mind.

Jason Chaffetz is one of my heroes, along with all but one or two (Clyburn, Graham) of our entire SC legislative delegation. They were elected to stand firm on conservative principles, and they are doing just that. Deepest thanks for all you do, Patriots.

Yes, 6, it is; to ARM them! O and his DHS can´t subdue or kill all 25 million by themselves. Think the Belgian Congo.

Yesterday I ran into a woman in her 80´s. She is enthralled by hillary and is sooo angry at those darn republicans (boehner specifically)for blocking her darling obama. Too late I thought to ask her exactly WHAT had they blocked? As for hillary? I told her I was disappointed. I thought the women of this country could have provided a candidate who had a good resume. Not a woman who married a powerful man and went on to become the toady to another powerful man. And who left a wake of disaster behind her. We avoided one another for the rest of our visit to the supermarket.
But really, what have the republicans blocked obama/dems from doing?

"stubbornly refuse to compromise "... Who wrote this? Obama´s awh talking pts. machine? Clearly AP no longer cares how ludicrous their propaganda pcs. sound.... Compromise.... jeesh.

Headline is a real joke!

But the president has acknowledged it will be difficult to get those proposals through a Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

...which is why he also said that "If Congress won´t act, I will", meaning that he´ll simply deem something done and it will get done, over the heads of Congress, clearly an unconstitutional act.

But that´s okay -- he´s visionary, transformative and messianic so we´ll just give him a pass.

And the dem. reps return to their cities ofir inner cities to listen to the informed advice of their constituents?

Write 100 times, "Must review posts before sending."

National polls that claim to reflect the approval rate for the Congress are bogus, as congressional politics is local. As long as the voters in individual congressional districts approve of what their individual congress critter is doing, he or she is safe, no matter what any national poll says.