WASHINGTON (AP) — A veteran GOP senator credits President Barack Obama with reaching out more to Republicans since last month's election, but he also said there are some in the GOP who don't want to go along with anything the White House wants.
Sen. Richard Lugar of Indiana said he believes that Obama's efforts have been appreciated by the GOP leadership. Lugar said it may turn out that Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Obama see "more eye to eye" than others about how the lame-duck session of Congress should end up.
Lugar told CNN's "State of the Union" that McConnell seems to be dealing with a faction in his own party that doesn't want to go along with anything Obama wants — and that the GOP must never become "the party of no."