CHARLOTTESVILLE (Virginia) - US PRESIDENT Barack Obama Friday slammed 'cocky' Republicans as he launched a last-ditch weekend campaign to stave off a humiliating defeat for his Democrats in mid-term elections.
Mr Obama, who spent the day dealing with a cargo plane terror scare, headlined an ear-splitting evening rally in Virginia, on the eve of a four-state tour to shore up Democrats wobbling ahead of Tuesday's congressional polls.
Republicans are tipped to seize the House of Representatives and pare back the Democratic majority in the Senate in the election, which could roadblock Mr Obama's presidency two years after voters gave him a mandate for change. But Mr Obama beseeched Americans to confound the polls and accused his political foes of plotting to revive the policies that got America into its worst economic 'mess' since the 1930s Great Depression.
'They are feeling kind of cocky right now ... the Republican leader in the House said this is not a time to compromise,' Obama said, opening fresh hostilities with John Boehner, who is likely to be Speaker if Republicans win.
Mr Obama also seized on a comment by Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell that his party's top priority in the new Congress would be to help the eventual Republican party presidential candidate in 2012.
'The Republican leader of the Senate said that his main goal for the next two years, his top priority, is to beat me in the election,' Mr Obama said. 'He didn't say 'my top priority is to create jobs' ... he is already thinking about the next election and this one is not over yet. That's what's wrong with Washington ... that's the kind of cynicism that we are fighting against.' -- AFP
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