![Obama on his 'caricature](https://www.theblaze.com/media-library/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LnRoZWJsYXplLmNvbS93cC1jb250ZW50L3VwbG9hZHMvMjAxMy8xMS9BUDcyNzI1NTk1OTAwMC5qcGciLCJleHBpcmVzX2F0IjoxNzc1ODQ0OTM0fQ.MqO-UirhAaOLcWvP3uccgZk2CfKxboPYjcZCHfPsgVQ/image.jpg?width=980&quality=85)
In this Jan. 1, 2010 file photo, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh speaks during a news conference in Honolulu. (Photo: AP/Chris Carlson)
"Another way of putting it, I guess, is that the issue has been the inability of my message to penetrate the Republican base so that they feel persuaded that I’m not the caricature that you see on Fox News or Rush Limbaugh, but I’m somebody who is interested in solving problems and is pretty practical..."-- President Obama commenting on the political nature of his opposition [New Yorker]