Announcing a $50bn plan to rebuild America’s road and railways, Obama knocks Republicans as party of ‘No, we can’t’ With the Democrats in Congress fearing a bloodbath at the midterm elections, Barack Obama attempted to seize the political initiative with a new plan for reviving America’s infrastructure while bashing the Republican opposition for its obstruction. “If I said the sky was blue, they’d say no. If I said fish live in the sea, they’d say no,” Obama told a rally of union members and their families in Milwaukee