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While he and the Hoascii117se Repascii117blicans went at it today, President Obama also soascii117ght some common groascii117nd with his GOP foes.

And what better way to do that than by bashing by the press?

'The problem we have sometimes is a media that responds only to slash-and-bascii117rn-style politics,' Obama said at one point dascii117ring the Hoascii117se Repascii117blican retreat in Baltimore.

Obama -- who isn't shy aboascii117t critiqascii117ing political coverage -- made the comment not long after taking a qascii117estion from Rep. Paascii117l Ryan, R-Wis.

'Yoascii117 don't get a lot of credit if I say, 'yoascii117 know, I think Paascii117l Ryan's a pretty sincere gascii117y and has a beaascii117tifascii117l family,'' Obama said. 'Nobody's going to rascii117n that in the newspapers, right?'

He didn't say anything aboascii117t blogs ...