
Obama unplugged, tells Republicans: ‘You think we’re stupid?’
“I said (to Republicans), ‘You want to repeal health care? Go at it,’ ” Obama told backers in a private meeting with an open microphone.
” ‘We’ll have that debate. You’re not going to be able to do that by nickel-and-diming me in the budget.’ ”
He said he added: “You think we’re stupid?”
Obama took questions from political donors after a press pool had been dismissed. But a microphone remained on, and Mark Knoller of CBS News took notes. Read the full story at USA Today.com.