May. 1, 2010 -WASHINGTON – Bye, bye, Mr. Nice Guy.

After pursuing bipartisan talks for months on health care and deflecting rather than challenging Republican critics, President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies are deploying a more aggressive approach in their attempt to push financial overhaul legislation through the Senate ...

President Barack Obama speaks about health care reform during …

Wall Street, Obama proclaimed in Illinois this past week, is little better than "a big casino" playing with "Monopoly money."

"Those irresponsible practices came awfully close to bringing down our entire economy and millions of dreams along with it," the president thundered.

In the Capitol, Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., explained it bluntly.

"Bottom line, on the health care bill, we allowed too many lies to get out there without rebuttal, because we thought they were so obviously untrue," he said. "But we've learned our lesson."

"And the minute these things come out of the mouths of some of our Republican colleagues, we rebut them. And we rebut them again and again. And fortunately, these lies are not taking hold."

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