In an interview with the liberal magazine New Republic, Obama found fault with the establishment press for casting blame evenly on both parties for the dysfunction of Washington, saying that fair reporters would conclude that the Republican Party is the root of the problem.

This would come as a surprise for Republicans in Washington who have been called “intransigent,” “inflexible,” “dogmatic,” “ideologues” and worse in articles and television stories since even before taking control of the House two years ago.

But in Obama’s telling, he and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Minority Nancy Pelosi have been willing to sacrifice liberal “sacred cows” in order to move the government out of its long torpor but that it is the GOP that prevents progress.

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