Obama criticizes Republican obstructionist tactics

This is worth spending 90 minutes on, if you're remotely interested in the state of political dialogue in this country. Even if you dislike the two-party system, Democrats or Obama, you don't get to see faceoffs like this very often, especially outside an actual campaign, and Obama's breakdown of some of the rhetorical problems with how elected officials are handling big, important issues...well, as one friend of mine put it, "It was like he tore off one of their arms and beat them with it. Repeatedly."