On CBS’s Face the Nation, former secretary of defense Leon Panetta said Washington has hit a low point, and he urged President Obama to fight to fix the problem. “Having been in this town close to 50 years I’ve seen Washington at its best and Washington at its worst, and right now I think it’s Washington at its worst because of the gridlock and the stalemate that’s involved in this town,” Panetta said. “This country cannot tolerate another two and a half years of stalemate.”
Panetta said he believes the president must go to work if he wants to accomplish his goals. “If he wants to be able to get the things done that he wants done, and I respect him for what he wants to get done, he has got to get in the ring, everybody has got to get in, and fight to make sure that we do the right thing for the country,” Panetta said. He said the problem with the Obama White House is that it has isolated the president from contrasting points of view. New people with different ideas will be needed to make the best decisions for the American people in the final years of Obama’s presidency, he added.
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