mike emanuel shows us both sides of the president. reporter: after arriving back at the white house this atch from a fundraising trip to chicago, president obama signed the compromise government funding bill for the rest of the fiscal year. earlier in president appeared to be bracing for the next political fight with speaker john boehner on raising the debt limit. i think he is absolutely right that it s not going to happen without spending cuts. we want to make sure we have a smart compromise. reporter: in that interview, he hinted other major issues would become part of the 2012 election debate. last night, back home in chicago, mr. obama sounded like he was in campaign mode when he used tough language in front of an open microphone to describe budget negotiations with republicans. you want to repeal healthcare? 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. do you think we re stupid? we re going to have a sep
atch from a fundraising trip to chicago, president obama signed the compromise government funding bill for the rest of the fiscal year. earlier in president appeared to be bracing for the next political fight with speaker john boehner on raising the debt limit. i think he is absolutely right that it s not going to happen without spending cuts. we want to make sure we have a smart compromise. reporter: in that interview, he hinted other major issues would become part of the 2012 election debate. last night, back home in chicago, mr. obama sounded like he was in campaign mode when he used tough language in front of an open microphone to describe budget negotiations with republicans. you want to repeal healthcare? 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. do you think we re stupid? we re going to have a separate bill. we ll call it up. if you think you can overturn my veto, try it. but don t try to sneak this