Here is a video report from CBS News’ Bill Plante on an open mic that caught President Obama at a Chicago Fundraiser last night telling donors about how he handled Republicans during heated negotiations with the GOP over the Budget Deal last week.

Reporters had left the room, and Obama did not know he was being heard over an open mic. He tells the donors:

“I said – ‘You want to repeal health care? Go at it. We’ll have that debate. You’re not going to be able to do that by nickel-and-diming me in the budget. You think we’re stupid?’”

He later is heard saying that he told the Republicans not to try to “sneak” their agenda through by attaching riders to the budget bill.

Obama is an expert at “sneaking” things through against the will of the American people. That’s how they got ObamaCare passed in the first place. His political career began through a sneaky act, by getting his challengers thrown off the ballot on technicalities so he could win.

CNN: . . . . . In his first race for office, seeking a state Senate seat on Chicago’s gritty South Side in 1996, Obama effectively used election rules to eliminate his Democratic competition.

As a community organizer, he had helped register thousands of voters. But when it came time to run for office, he employed Chicago rules to invalidate the voting petition signatures of three of his challengers.

The move denied each of them, including incumbent Alice Palmer, a longtime Chicago activist, a place on the ballot. It cleared the way for Obama to run unopposed on the Democratic ticket in a heavily Democrat district.

“That was Chicago politics,” said John Kass, a veteran Chicago Tribune columnist. “Knock out your opposition, challenge their petitions, destroy your enemy, right? It is how Barack Obama destroyed his enemies back in 1996 that conflicts with his message today. He may have gotten his start registering thousands of voters. But in that first race, he made sure voters had just one choice.” . . . . Read More

But as this video from just after the 2008 Election shows, many Obama voters really did not know much about the issues when they cast their votes. The Liberal Media had done an effective job of helping Obama win:

Obama Caught on Open Mic Telling Donors How He Handled GOP During Budget Negotiations – Video Report 4/15/11