http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2920816/White-House-aide-says-Obama-steamroll-Democrats-Congress-split-White-House-Cuba-Iran-energy-trade-just-DAY-combative-State-Union.htmlEXCLUSIVE: White House aide says Obama will 'steamroll' Democrats in Congress after they split with White House on Cuba, Iran, energy and trade just a DAY after combative State of the Union
Obama's sixth State of the Union address renewed old conflicts with Republicans but also made new enemies of some in his own party
White House aide says Obama 'is in the last two years and party loyalty isn't worth what it used to be. He's going to steamroll them'
Sen. Joe Manchin criticized President Barack Obama's veto threats on the Keystone pipeline and other hot-button GOP issues
Sen. Bob Menendez warned the State Department to go slow granting new privileges to Cuba
Menendez also threatened to shove new Iran sanctions down the White House's throat, saying Obama's positions sound like 'talking points that come straight out of Tehran'
Rep. Louise Slaughter and seven other liberals slapped the White House on free trade authorization, warning they'll 'fight this tooth and nail'
By David Martosko, Us Political Editor For Dailymail.com
Published: 08:05 EST, 22 January 2015 | Updated: 08:45 EST, 22 January 2015
The Obama administration appears to be arming itself for a take-no-prisoners approach to lame-duck governing, at the risk of crushing Democrats who disagree with policies outlined in the president's State of the Union address on Tuesday night.
A White House aide said plainly on Wednesday that 'party loyalty' won't protect Barack Obama's fellow Democrats on Capitol Hill if they get in his way.
'The president is in the last two years,' the aide told Daily Mail Online, 'and party loyalty isn't worth what it used to be. He's going to steamroll them.'
So much for the pen and the phone.
Obama's legislative vision hit an unexpected snag this week as prominent members of his own party – including three U.S. senators and a handful of indignant House members – voiced targeted objections to items on his State of the Union laundry list.
Tuesday night marked the first time he dropped his agenda in the lap of a GOP-dominated Congress; while loud objections from Republicans were expected, some parts of the speech drew howls from Democrats as well.
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