U.S. Chamber of Commerce applauds President Obama's tax cut and Korea trade deals.

[Better Believe It]

CEOs find new friend in Obama
By Ian Swanson
December 9, 2010

Corporate chief executives who have been disappointed in the Obama administration are suddenly singing a different tune.

Ivan Seidenberg, the Verizon CEO who just months ago criticized President Obama’s policies as a threat to business, on Wednesday said Obama “has shown a willingness to learn.”

“The things that occurred in the past of couple days are extraordinary,” Seidenberg, chairman of the Business Roundtable, told a Washington news conference on Wednesday.

Seidenberg was remarking on the White House’s embrace of a huge tax package and progress on a trade deal with South Korea that had been stalled for years. Both measures give business a chance to increase profits through lower taxes and crumbling trade barriers.

The package would “provide certainty” to small businesses and corporations that have been worried about possible tax hikes, said Tom Collamore, senior vice president of communications for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the business lobby that has battled the White House for much of the past two years.

The nation’s largest business lobby said it will do everything it can to help the White House win approval for the tax package. The Chamber is also starting to talk about how it can help Obama sell the U.S.-South Korean trade deal to Congress.

Read the full article at:

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/132819-ceos-find-new-friend

[monmouth]

1. See, this is when you know something on our side is wrong. I listened

to Morning Joe this morning and nothing but kind words, brave, etc. re POTUS. Now C of C praising him? What is wrong with this picture? I had to turn the tv off, it was like upside down world and I got dizzy. Even Uncle Pat was saying the President was doing the right thing....ugh.

[sasha031]

2. he's developed a whole new fan club

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

21. LOL!!

[EFerrari]

24. Some people call you the elite, I call you my base.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mn4daYJzyls

[ddeclue]

3. a clear sign that it is a bad deal for regular working folks.

The Chamber is not your friend.

[burrowowl]

29. Amen!

[Better Believe It]

4. Yikes! The Chamber of Commerce might write a joint Op-Ed with the Obama administration!

"Collamore said the idea of the Chamber co-writing a joint op-ed with an administration official highlighting the merits of the trade deal was floated on Wednesday morning."

[mmonk]

34. If they do, I'm going to have a field day with that one.

[tosh]

5. Says it all, no?

[polichick]

6. Wonder if he's happy now - the bullies finally reach out to him...

Too bad he's had to sell his soul for it, and the American people too.

[hulka38]

41. They're still going to take our lunch money

but there seems to be a good understanding now.

[The Backlash Cometh]

7. Way to go Obama.

You showed the Chamber of Commerce who's boss.

[Better Believe It]

19. Right. They are!

[gratuitous]

8. And why shouldn't the Chamber of Commerce applaud?

They paid good money for the government (nearly $84 million). Why shouldn't they get to call the shots? That's capitalism!

[bullwinkle428]

9. Next week, the Chamber will again start screaming "HE'S A COMMIE!!1!",

in order to get even more concessions!

Hostage-taking, indeed.

[Vinca]

10. This is like getting a stamp of approval from Charlie Manson.

[BlueJac]

11. Well I guess they can vote for him in 2012......

because I won't be voting for another Republican wannabe again! Bernie Sanders is my man!!! A real liberal.

[seafan]

12. Thanks for posting this.

I put it up yesterday, and it sank like a rock.


It really cannot be any clearer. WE are not the "hostages". Our president is.

[KansDem]

13. One can interpret this headline to read: "Foreign Corporations applaud President Obama's tax cut..."

To paraphrase that old saying, "What's good for ________ (insert name of foreign company here) is good for America!"

[AndrewP]

14. Well....that's not a good sign

[bluedigger]

15. I just threw up a little in my mouth...

:puke:

[DirkGently]

16. Maybe people saying we are not the President's "base" are correct. (nt)

[ljm2002]

17. Thank goodness!

At long last we have a bipartisan bill! I am so overjoyed to get the support of the COC and the CEOs!

:sarcasm:

[somone]

18. They need to give him the Employee of the Year award

[Odin2005]

20. Anything the CoC supports is by definiton bad for the average person.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

22. Obama, Clinton, the Republicans in general, and the Chamber of Commerce. Birds of a feather...

[NorthCarolina]

23. What, no apologists stopping by to tell us why this is a good thing? nt

[stillwaiting]

25. Vomitous - nt

[hulka38]

40. Lol

[spanone]

26. corporate america loves the republican bill, don't they

[Better Believe It]

27. Why in the world would they oppose it?

[fascisthunter]

28. he deserves their praise for doing such a fine job for them

[Bozita]

30. That wouldn't be the same Chamber of Commerce that put all those RW ads on my TeeVee, would it?

The one that acts as a cover for folks and corporations who fear being identified?

And puts out their ads with the CoC label?

[Better Believe It]

32. Same one!

[Bluebear]

31. 'CEOs find new friend in Obama'

That's nice.

[Karmadillo]

33. Yay! Bring u$ together, Pre$ident Obama!

nt

[Bluebear]

42. $$$

[MadHound]

35. You know, you should know you're doing it wrong when the Chamber thinks you're doing it right.

Hopefully Obama will take that into consideration.

[katnapped]

36. Doubt it

Their approval more likely means he'll move further right ("Hey, they REALLY like meeeeeeeeeeee!")

[MadHound]

38. I know, I know, but one can hope. n/t

[spanone]

37. we learned from this last election that we should never trust the chamber of republican commerce

[otohara]

39. Now I Hate It Even More

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:

[Little Star]

43. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce & Obama, a love story. Yuck!