President Obama lashed out Tuesday at Republican lawmakers during a Hollywood speech seemingly designed to shift public debate away from his Obamacare- and Iran-related political train wrecks and toward safer territory: jobs and the economy. Speaking to a crowd estimated at between 1,800 to 2,000 people – primarily staff of the DreamWorks Animation film studio, according to a White House pool reporter – the president slammed GOP partisans while claiming economic moral high ground that poll numbers suggest he's incapable of holding. 'Instead of rooting for failure or re-fighting old battles, Republicans in Congress need to work with us,' he declared, complaining about his opponents' fixation on the Affordable Care Act.
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'We would be a lot further along without some of this dysfunction and obstruction ,' the president insisted
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Slapped at conservative lawmakers, wishing for 'one wing of one party that was a little less obsessed with repealing health care'
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Hollywood speech was at DreamWorks Animation, whose CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg raised $15 million for Obama during his 2012 re-election fight
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Obama touted the U.S. oil  boom as an economic success story despite its roots in 'fracking' – a technology his administration has tried to block
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President's speech came during massive 7-fundraiser swing through Democrat-friendly California
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Couldn't resist touting Obamacare:  'By the way, the website is continually working better. So check it out.'
Nationally, though, he's having trouble re-establishing his credibility after the disastrous launch of his signature health insurance overhaul, and persuading @placeholder that he's up to the job of rescuing the country's faltering economy.