Obama doing Prime Time Press Conference Monday - Address also Considered

[RamboLiberal]

News Nugget: President Obama will significantly ramp up his salesmanship of his economic stimulus plan over the next week with a prime time news conference planned for Monday and an address from the Oval Office on the topic also being considered. Obama is coming under increasing pressure to convince wavering senators of the necessity of the $900 billion stimulus package following a report in the Post on Wednesday that Democratic leaders do not have the votes to pass the bill as is. Obama outlined his plans for the press conference and potential Oval Office address during a stop at the Senate Democrats' retreat at the Newseum on Wednesday in response to a question from California Sen. Barbara Boxer about how he would sell the American people on the bill, according to a source in the room.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/02/white_house_cheat_sheet_around.html?hpid=topnews

[Beetwasher]

1. It's In FULL FORCE NOW!!!

Bring it!

[pinto]

2. Good move(s).

:thumbsup:

[DevonRex]

3. Wonderful. He's doing his part. People listen when he speaks. nt

[slipslidingaway]

4. Wonder if this plan will be mentioned or pushed back...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/03/AR2009020303782_pf.html

Bank Rescue Would Entail Triage for Troubled Assets
Executive Pay Limits Planned for Some Aid Recipients

By Binyamin Appelbaum and David Cho
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, February 4, 2009; D01


"The Obama administration's emerging rescue plan for the banking system would amount to financial triage, with the Treasury Department playing the delicate role of deciding which of the trillions of dollars in troubled assets plaguing the economy to buy, guarantee or leave in the hands of banks, sources said.

The high-stakes approach would dramatically increase the investment of taxpayer money in the financial industry, and the potential losses. The plan, which Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner is set to announce Monday,..."

:shrug:

[1776Forever]

5. Great! Time to move on - Enough!

:applause: :woohoo: :applause: :woohoo: :woohoo:

GObama!

[BattyDem]

6. FINALLY!

He needs to stop wasting his time playing nice with the GOP and take it directly to the people. :bounce:

[Peregrine Took]

7. To hell with Monday - he needs to do it now. Every day the evil reich wing

is denouncing him and the Stimulus and they are both going down in the polls.

[Undercurrent]

8. Professor Obama on the job!