Gibbs on the Left

This morning, in an interview with The Hill, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs took on the President's critics from the Left.

I have to say, Robert Gibbs made me laugh aloud this morning:

During an interview with The Hill in his West Wing office, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs blasted liberal naysayers, whom he said would never regard anything the president did as good enough.

The press secretary dismissed the “professional left” in terms very similar to those used by their opponents on the ideological right, saying, “They will be satisfied when we have Canadian healthcare and we’ve eliminated the Pentagon. That’s not reality.”

Of those who complain that Obama caved to centrists on issues such as healthcare reform, Gibbs said: “They wouldn’t be satisfied if Dennis Kucinich was president.”

Made me think of this classic video, "Hitler Finds Out Scott Brown Won Massachusetts Senate seat."

Also reminded me of my first rule of party leadership: while Republican politicians fear their base, Democratic pols hate theirs.