ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION) U.S. President Barack Obama told the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum on Friday in Washington that he perceived the Republican party as largely pessimistic towards his policies. "Why is it that Republican politicians are so down on America? Have you noticed that? I mean, they are gloomy. They're like Grumpy Cat," he said. "According to their story, their narrative, everything was terrific back in 2008, when unemployment was skyrocketing, and uninsured rates were rising, and folks were losing their homes and their jobs, and we were engaged in two wars, and Bin Laden was still at large."