“We’ve tried 19 months of government as community organizer. It hasn’t worked. Our fresh start needs to begin now,” Rep. John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, told the City Club of Cleveland in a broad speech laying out the economic argument House Republicans will take to voters this November.
He said the president must break with the economic team that, 19 months into his tenure, has failed to lower the unemployment rate — singling out Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner and Lawrence H. Summers, director of the White House National Economic Council.
Mr. Boehner even called on the president to break with his own party and instead promise to block much of Democrats’ agenda — including a global warming bill and support for labor unions that Mr. Obama has backed throughout the first 19 months of his tenure.
Boehner calls for Obama to fire entire economic team – Washington Times.