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But, their main goal was to "get him out of office". Would you cultivate relationships with people that hate you?

A President should "cultivate relationships" with all Americans. Those that you claim would not work with Obama have constituents, constituents that opposed many of this admins policies.

Him wanting to stay in office meant more to him than cultivating ANYTHING with ANYONE that opposed his agenda. He constantly campaigned to his ilk while being condescending to the rest. And, he won again...good for him but, for those of us (including our representatives in Washington) that prefer a different approach, holding hands and dancing in the streets won't come easy.