Obama to hold presser at 2:15 ET

[polichick]

According to msnbc.

[thewiseguy]

1. To talk about what?

[WeDidIt]

2. Blagojevich is holding a presser at 2:00

Maybe he wants to get out in front of whatever bomb Blago decides he'll drop?

[polichick]

4. That could be it.

[thewiseguy]

5. I wish he would address the Warren situation instead

But obviously Obama is more concerned with Blago. :eyes:

[polichick]

9. Yep - Obama is more concerned with Obama. Disappointing.

[polichick]

3. Don't know - more appointments? I'm hoping it's an apology and change of heart.

[musette_sf]

6. hoping hoping hoping

that he will announce that Warren himself has decided to step aside in the interest of American unity.

someone might have had to strongarm the self-righteous egotistical @sshat into it, but it would take the onus off of Obama (who, when i have seen tape of him defending this choice, clearly looks to me like he knows this is wrong), and also make Warren look a lot more like he is willing to REALLY try to come together on common issues. right now i am not seeing any willingness, only his big fat ego.

[Critters2]

14. Won't happen. Warren has an ego as big as all outdoors. nt

[last1standing]

7. It'll probably be the speech where he tells the GLBTs to shut the fuck up.

We should be grateful he's willing to even acknowledge us. How could we be so fucking presumptuous to expect respect for our work in getting him elected?

[IndianaGreen]

8. Obama is introducing Margie Christoffersen as his outreach to LGBTs

He is also going to have dinner next Thursday at El Coyote.



Thanks ro ronnykmarshall for finding that gem!

[WeDidIt]

11. OUCH! n/t

[nsd]

10. More appointments ...

The Page

The President-elect will hold his fifth press availability this week at 2:15 pm ET Friday to announce more administration picks.

He's expected to name Rep. LaHood as transportation secretary, Rep. Solis as labor secretary, former Dallas mayor Kirk as U.S. trade representative.

[polichick]

12. Andrea Mitchell says it's his final press conference of the year...

I hope he gets it right.

[IndianaGreen]

13. And Chuck Todd told Andrea that the Warren thing was payback for LGBTs supporting Hillary

I am sure you saw that part of the program!

[polichick]

15. He didn't actually say it was "payback" - just pointed out that many gays...

...supported Hillary, and Obama was never close to the community.

[ellacott]

16. That's silly

I'm disapointed that Chuck would say that.

[polichick]

17. He didn't.

[ellacott]

18. Thanks for the info

I'm glad he didn't say that.

[IndianaGreen]

19. Chuck said there was tension between Obama campaign and LGBTs because

the majority of them were supporting Hillary.

[ellacott]

20. He's right, there have always been tensions

It's been evident on this board for over a year.

[Cha]

24. I don't care if he said it or not..chuck todd makes

up shit..all the corporate mediawhores do.

[rudy23]

21. That begs the question---why did the LGBT community support Hillary over Obama?

It's not like they just arbitrarily chose. This isn't the first homophobe Obama has given "equal time" to.

[GarbagemanLB]

22. Because the Clintons have been great supporters of GLBT. You know, DOMA, DODT, etc.

[Brooklyns_Finest]

25. Woman vs Man

I am no expert on this subject, but I think they believed that a woman would be stronger on gay rights than a man.

[JVS]

26. But she had demonstrated a record of being further to the right on legislation against gay rights.

[rudy23]

27. True--I think the Donnie McClurkin thing overshadowed this

At least, in my perception it did. After the DMc incident, Hillary came off as more progressive on gay rights than Obama, to me.

[FrenchieCat]

28. Yeah...cause Obama has proven time and time again

that he is all about the payback. :eyes:

[earth mom]

23. Things are obviously not going smoothly are they? nt