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John King: “So, the president had no responsibility, Mr. Mayor, or is that a cop-out?”

Mayor Michael Bloomberg: “I would argue that the president, as the chief executive of the country, has the responsibility to make things come together. I understand the problems of partisanship and the jealousies and the pettiness and selfishness that occur at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue. But in the end, no CEO would send a proposal and just say, ‘well, let's see what happens.’ You send a proposal and then you go fight for it. Nor would any CEO let the other side write the proposal. The job of the president is to lead the country and to lead congress and I think the president should now just stand up and say, ‘we aren’t gonna take it anymore.’” (CNN’s “John King, USA,” 11/21/11)