Obama: GOP made political 'calculation' to 'stand on the sidelines'

(CNN)-- President Barack Obama accused Republicans of making a blunt political calculation after his election three years ago, deciding to resist his initiatives, skirt compromise and bank on the economy getting worse to bolster their re-election prospects. Openly speculating in a CBS interview on ...

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