Obama to sit down with FIVE Network News Anchors Tomorrow.

[Clio the Leo]

.... and I wont be home to watch it.

Seriously, HOW am I supposed to Tivo that!!!! What were you thinking Barack!!!! :)

Wall-to-wall sales pitch: Obama will sit down Tuesday with anchors from all five TV networks -- ABC, CBS, CNN, FOX and NBC – to rally public support for his stimulus plan. The tag-team session kicks off about 3:30 p.m., and everyone gets 10 minutes apiece. –Josh Gerstein (8:36 p.m.)

http://www.politico.com/politico44/

[mucifer]

1. Obama will never stop campaigning.

[Clio the Leo]

5. Yep and unlike that Palin woman.....

.... he completely respects and understands the importance of good relations with the media.

There's a bit in his book (Audacity) about it .... about how valuable TV time is and how cost effective it is if you can simply BE the news instead of having to pay for commercial time.

As long as I live I will NEVER forget that Palin woman bashing the press during her RNC speech and sitting there with my mouth hanging open wondering what she was thinking.

[janx]

9. This isn't campaigning. He's the president of the United States.

And it appears that he's taking it seriously.

[Clio the Leo]

20. Oh trust me, he's campaigning......

.... and he will not STOP campaigning until Nov. of 2012.

But campaigning is not a BAD thing. ;)

[BlooInBloo]

10. He is truly an evil, evil man.

[NYC_SKP]

17. ...tururrist... ...muslin...

...jus sayin'...

...

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[ilrslr3]

22. U mean Muzlin:-) jsut saying!

[sohndrsmith]

34. hee... ain't evil grand..? : ) n/t

[karynnj]

44. ever heard the words "bully pulpit"

or heard that JFK spoke over the heads of the media to the people - like FDR did with his fireside chats. This is an excellent use of Obama's time.

[MichiganVote]

2. Sounds like the kick ass phase of handling republicans has begun.

[tekisui]

3. Yep. He gave them a chance. They blew it. Now, he takes it to the people.

[MichiganVote]

11. Where he wins...again.

[Cha]

18. There ya

go. That's the only way to do it..just like the primes and the gen.

[MADem]

4. CSPAN will rerun it, I am sure. NT

[Clio the Leo]

7. But I have to watch Rachel, Keith and Tweety sometime too! Hello!!! :-)

I guess I'm just supposed to be like Barack ...... AND NOT SLEEP!!!! lol

[JayMusgrove]

26. Keith and Rachel will have the highlights at 8 and 9 Eastern

and why do you need to see some Fixed Noise ass interview Obama?

[Clio the Leo]

32. Because recon. is fun!

I watched Hannity's interview of Rush the other night ...... good stuff. Fascinating to say the least.

[MADem]

42. Don't they rerun those, too? I haven't seen MSNBC in months. nt

[ellacott]

45. Keith is sick, he won't be on tonight

David Schuster is filling in for him.

[KaryninMiami]

6. Gotta hand it to them (again). Brilliant. Again.

Talk about making great use of the media-- once again, with firm, clear conviction, just as he did thoughout the campaign, Obama demonstrates what leadership means. TALK TO THE PEOPLE-- clear, direct and unscripted (imagine Bush ever attempting this?).

Pinch me. I still haven't adjusted to having the smart team running the show.

[mucifer]

8. fox news interview will be interesting. They had a hard time with Bill Clinton.

I think Obama also will out think them in a calm and intelligent yet down to earth way.

[MichiganVote]

12. Oh please God let the idiot Chris Wallace take it in the ass again.

[JayMusgrove]

27. is this a sexual fantasy wish for you or?????? LOL n/t

[MichiganVote]

56. Chris Wallace? Sex? What are you on dope or something?

[TeamJordan23]

13. He's doing the job that our gutless Dem Congress leaders cannot do. nm

[certainot]

38. anyone else will get totally trashed on the limbaugh radio networks

dems have often been critical of their reps while ignoring the GOP coordinated attacks coming from 1000 radio stations- not getting their backs - that's what obama was saying by taking talk radio on.

dem reps don't get coverage or have to go on opposite GOP hacks who recite limbaugh and sons prechewed and absurd talking points that seem legit and are ignored by 'moderators' only because they've been pounded into 60 million ear holes every week

[karynnj]

47. He has the ability to command media that they really don't

I think Kerry and McCasgil (sp?) have been great when they have spoken to the media. Obama as President will not be cut off as happens with other Democrats.

[firedupdem]

14. He should talk to all of them except fox. They are not news..they

are the fucking joke of journalism. He's better than I am because I would blow those fuckers off completely. Anybody using them for their news source isn't going to be open minded.

I know, I'm petty and all that but fuck fox.

[Clio the Leo]

21. Oh you can believe Fox is the one he's most concerned about.....

.... I am convinced that while we're all watching Keith and Rachel .... he's reading briefings .... with Hannity playing in the background.

[karynnj]

48. Except, it may be the FOX viewers who most need to SEE the President

for who he is.

[Thrill]

15. I can think of 2 stations he should do over FOX

Replace them with BET or Telemundo.

[JayMusgrove]

28. How about Democracy Now?.... I don't know if that's a network but

I love watching that when I visit my super liberal sister's house in Mass.

[certainot]

39. good idea, amy goodman, or a progressive talker like thom hartman

v

[Cha]

16. Thanks for the heads up, Clio..

I will work my day around it.

[MadBadger]

19. I want to see him on Fox, see if they are their usually vile selves.

[JayMusgrove]

29. They will be vile AFTER they interview him, but during, he will ask them to

bow down and kiss his.......... ring...

They need to learn, Obama is the guy in the White House... not that idiot they used to "pal around" with.

I can see their camera crew and interviewer having to do a strip search before being let into the White House... oh the imagery.

[Life Long Dem]

23. No No no..... he doesn't have leadership. He is not a very strong man. No..no.

No he just a sexist! A sexist because he is so strong against men and women. Huh?

[xiamiam]

24. just got an email from our president asking me to hold or join a home event re economic recovery

this weekend...no wasted time...organize the people...grass roots...smart smart smart...

[JayMusgrove]

31. Obama is nothing but smart.

He knows how to keep fighting for us all. No one knows better than he does.

We should all still be taking lessons from him.

[ShadowLiberal]

25. Good, we need more democrats on the news defending the stimulus

We have to fight back against the two to one advantage republicans are getting at bashing the stimulus plan right now.

[mopinko]

30. he learned a lot from bill clinton's mistakes, and

ronald reagan's successes.
just sayin'

[Cash_thatswhatiwant]

33. Fox? why even bother? i doubt they let him get a word in.

[sohndrsmith]

35. Is stuff like this uploaded to the white house website? Doesn't

the White House have it's own youtube channel now? Seems to me this will be accessible somewhere, that's a priority of Obama's from what I can tell - keep people informed and involved...

[snowbear]

36. Awesome!

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I heard that Anderson Cooper will do the interview for CNN... Any other names pop up yet for the other networks?

[ellacott]

49. Charlie Gibson is doing it for ABC

[KharmaTrain]

37. This Is Called Using The Bully Pulpit...

Now if you're not sold on the stimulus package, then you should take time to watch what he says. He's out there doing a sales job...trying to get the positive PR and put pressure on the handful of repugnicans Senators he needs to pass the plan. By doing this, he'll ensured to be Story #1 on the news...over any GOOP spin or stunt. Many here have been critical of him letting the GOOP frame the message, this is his way of fighting back.

[Kdillard]

40. Good. I really hope he shoots down every last one of the lame GOP talking points.

Enough with the tax cuts and other failed ideas.

[Rebellious Republican]

41. He must be giving FAUX a little test run to see if they are going

to be their usual unfair and unbalanced selves. Thats it O, give' em a shot to do the right thing, then give them the boot when they prove that they are still a right wing propaganda hate machine.

I have been calling for a total boycott of Faux news by our elected Dem's, and have been chastised for various reasons here. Not that I was to concerned about being chastised, but this ought to be very interesting how FAUX news handles this opportunity to work with our President. Either they are going to prove me right or wrong, we shall see if the nay sayers about boycotting are correct that we need to reach out to the bush bots that watch that garbage.

:kick:

[karynnj]

43. This is great - Obama needs to use his eloquence to win the people over

which should then prevent a filibuster. We have the bully pulpit of the Presidency!

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

46. I hope he has an agreement with them to keep the discussion on the stimulus

because otherwise they will grill him to death on the tax issues with the Cabinet picks.

[Robbins]

50. Brillent

Let's see the Republicans try to fillebuster the bill.Obama needs to get to the Public this Is about helping the economy.Republicans
are being able to say to the netwrks only 8 percent of the bill would help the economy.And It Is time the public gets more info Republicans just want more Bush Tax cuts which helped get us where we are now.Obama has tax cuts but his are for the working class like he promised.They want to say they don't pay Taxes.And of course reporters don't challenge this.

[ensho]

51. agree, the networks can only spin and twist so much because

the public will have seen the whole thing themselves.


Sunshine everywhere!

[Fleshdancer]

52. Good. The GOP has dominated the conversation on this stimulus so far

I'm glad to see President Obama is doing this.

[Uzybone]

53. Unfortunately, a lot of his time will be spent on Daschle

Daschle should withdraw today, and let our president focus on what he needs to do to improve America.

[eppur_se_muova]

54. Obama is doing what Reagan did -- going over the heads of the Senators and ...

talking directly to their bosses, the voters.

Just when I was wondering why he hadn't done this already, he goes and proves he's got it covered.

[rvablue]

55. Unfortunately, it's being hijacked by all three major networks into

being about Daschle.

Just flipped through all the channels and of course they are taking him off message.

It's still on...hopefully they'll let him get to the stimulus package.

But Obama's handling it well.