Easier Than Bush

A Kansan Republican congressman reflects on how much more civil it is now that Obama is president:

"The times I interacted with President Bush, generally, I'd get summoned to the White House because I disagreed with something that the president was for," said [Jerry] Moran, a Hays Republican. "He kind of lectured. It was about 'are you with me or against me' in the days of President Bush."

But in meeting with House Republicans, Obama told them what was important to him and asked the representatives what was important to them, Moran said. He said the president appeared to want to find "some level of common ground we can agree upon."

He still voted no on the stimulus.