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Obama: It's all about the jobs
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In this morning's weekly address, President Obama sounded a repeated mantra of jobs, jobs, jobs and more jobs--and took aim at tax-cut only proposals as a "losing formula"--as he prepared to take his case to the American people in Indiana and Florida early next week in a barnstorming media blitz. While acknowledging the role for scrutiny of legislation, he emphasized the the need for urgency in passing the recovery package, declaring, "We can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary. The scale and scope of this plan is right. And the time for action is now." And even as he pulled out some trademark bipartisan ...
Obama Praises Senate Deal in Weekly Radio Speech
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Obama Praises Senate Deal in Weekly Radio Speech President Obama emphasized the need for Congress to quickly pass the stimulus package during his weekly radio address Saturday. Obama praised the compromise reached in the Senate late last night, calling it an appropriate response to the economic woes in the U.S. "In the midst of our greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the American people were hoping that Congress would begin to confront the great challenges we face," the president said. "That was, after all, what last November's election was all about." Obama also launched a few more partisan shots at Republicans: "We can't expect relief ...
President Obama’s Weekly Radio Address
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President Obama emphasized the need for the Congress to pass the economic stimulus package while lobbing a few partisan shots at the GOP on Saturday. Watch the video of the president’s weekly radio address below. Permalink ...
NYT: Obama thanked Collins, Snowe, Specter for their “patriotism”
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NYT: Obama thanked Collins, Snowe, Specter for their “patriotism” posted at 12:00 pm on February 7, 2009 by Allahpundit Send to a Friend | Share on Facebook | printer-friendly Via Tom Maguire , marveling at how quickly assent has become the highest form: The details [of the stimulus compromise] were negotiated at an afternoon meeting in the office of the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, involving Mr. Reid, other top Democrats and two Republicans, Susan Collins of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania. After they came to terms, the senators brought in the White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, for ...
TPMDC Saturday Roundup
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Obama Address: "We Can't Afford To Make Perfect The Enemy Of The Absolutely Necessary"
In this weekend's YouTube address, President Obama gives his support to the newest version of the stimulus plan, and says it is vitally important to pass the bill:
"Legislation of such magnitude deserves the scrutiny that it's received over the last month, and it will receive more in the days to come," says Obama. "But we can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary. The scale and scope of this plan is right. And the time for action is now."
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Obama's Weekly Address: 02.07.09
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Full transcript after the Obama's remarks after the break. President Obama: Yesterday began with some devastating news with regard to our economic crisis. But I'm pleased to say it ended on a more positive note. In the morning, we received yet another round of alarming employment figures – the worst in more than 30 years. Another 600,000 jobs were lost in January. We've now lost more than 3.6 million jobs since this recession began. But by the evening, Democrats and Republicans came together in the Senate and responded appropriately to the urgency this moment demands. In the midst of our greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, the ...
PRESIDENT OBAMA’S WEEKLY ADDRESS
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William Bradley: Oh, About That "End" of the Obama Honeymoon ...
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Does watching too much cable TV news turn your brain into gelatinous mush?
Is that wacky Alec Baldwin ad for Hulu about too much TV softening your brain like a ripe banana really true?
It's funny how not paying attention to the latest cable chatter gives you a very different perspective on politics. After a couple of years of paying non-stop attention to all aspects of our hyerpactive news flow while covering the 2006 and 2008 election cycles, I decided to check out of cable news for the last week or two. I just read polls, selected news stories and reports, and ...
