By Greg Richter
Now that Republicans control the Senate President Barack Obama is figuring out he has to work with the GOP and cant hide behind now-Minority Leader Harry Reid former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said.
I think hes learning Gingrich said in an interview aired Sunday on
The Cats Roundtable on AM 970 in New York.
In the past few weeks Obama has been reaching out to GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell now that the Republicans have the Senate and he has no place to hide and he doesnt have Harry Reid the Senate Democratic leader to hide behind Gingrich told host John Catsimatidis.
Republicans had long complained that Reid then majority leader kept bills from even coming to the floor or when they did wouldnt allow amendments.
But now Youre seeing a whole range of things happen that you and I would not have expected Gingrich said. And maybe to some extent the president is learning the reality of what hes dealing with.
By contrast Gingrich pointed out how he and then-President Bill Clinton worked across party lines to get a balanced budget and other needed legislation.
Both of us recognized that the country was more important than we were he said. We had an obligation to absolutely find a way to work for the country.
