THE HILL: President Obama invoked Ronald Reagan and other past GOP leaders in a final push Saturday to win Republican votes for the New START nuclear arms treaty.
Senate ratification of the treaty would give Obama his second major bipartisan achievement of the lame-duck and allow him to regain footing after the midterm elections that he described as a “shellacking.”…
“Before going away for the holiday break, I’m hopeful we can also come together on another urgent national priority – and that is, the new START treaty that will reduce the world’s nuclear arsenals and make America more secure,” Obama said in a weekly address delivered Saturday… (more)
