**** Heads Up: POTUS Speaks to the House Democratic Caucus, Live! (3pm EST) ****

[Clio the Leo]

Go GET 'em boss!!!!

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-house-democratic-caucus

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35962986#35962986

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1


(may be a bit delayed, Brian Beutler Tweeted 6mins ago "POTUS hasn't even left the WH yet") 3:05pm)

[tallahasseedem]

1. Thank you!

I just turned it to CSPAN!

[babylonsister]

2. Did I miss it? nt

[Clio the Leo]

3. No, he hasn't left the WH yet. NT

[babylonsister]

6. Thx. CSPAN awaiting his arrival-got it. Hoyer talking now. nt

[Inuca]

4. Just saw it mentioned on CNN

and they said "closed doors" :shrug:

[mucifer]

5. whitehouse.gov says "this event will begin momentarily" try that link.

[Inuca]

20. CNN also says it will be on now

(TV, not online) the alking head I heard earlier must have been confused and confusing

[pinto]

7. Thanks for the heads up.

:kick:

[rasputin1952]

8. WH site has...

will begin momentarily...things are behind schedule.

[Clio the Leo]

12. watch the MSNBC feed....

.... they're showing other stuff, like the presser Steny just gave.

[rasputin1952]

27. Yeah, I just went there...

:hi:

[Clio the Leo]

9. Steny speaking about the game plan for tomorrow....

..... sorry, my head cold is preventing me from being able to type what he's saying, but one of the reporters will write about it before the day is over.

[Clio the Leo]

10. "clearly we believe we have the votes...."

(for both the Senate bill and the Recon. bill)

[DCBob]

11. Just describing the process for tomorow.

Steney sounds very confident.

[Clio the Leo]

45. that he does. NT

[Inuca]

23. Also answered to a question that

they have a letter from the Senate signed "by more than 50 senators". Signed in blood is my guess :-)

[Clio the Leo]

13. " Hoyer: Vote on reconciliation bill tomm after 2 hrs of debate. Then vote on Senate bill."

http://twitter.com/MPOTheHill/status/10786088797

[Clio the Leo]

14. Gibbs: POTUS en route to the punch bowl. NT

[Clio the Leo]

15. "Hoyer: After House vote, Senate bill goes directly to president for sig"

http://twitter.com/jcohntnr/status/10786214919

[havocmom]

16. "Go GET 'em boss!!!!' ?

Oh my!

That answers some questions.

[Clio the Leo]

18. lol and I wrote it JUST to annoy some folks....

.... glad to know I got a hit. ;)

[Cha]

32. Guess that poster doesn't know about

your quirky sense of humor?:)

Go get 'em bossdawg! Or mine.O8)

[Clio the Leo]

I was tempted to post this.....

I might put my hands on it later .... see if it will heal me of my head cold.

[Cha]

Well that 'splains

a LOT:bounce:}(

Speedy recovery from your cold.

[Clio the Leo]

100. yeah, but it's not working....

.... I may have to break down and pray to the ACTUAL God for help on this one. :)

[havocmom]

133. Actually, I think that one is pretty funny

but I am old and remember some funny skits about that musical from way back

[PopSixSquish]

83. Lighten Up Francis!

This is Clio the Leo we're talking about. She does a good sarcasm...

[Clio the Leo]

17. Caucus called to order. NT

[mucifer]

19. whitehouse.gov is audio only cnn.com has the visuals

[Clio the Leo]

21. MSNBC has it too. NT

[Clio the Leo]

22. Rep. Dingle comes in on his crutches.

Feel like standing and applauding him.

[Inuca]

26. I keep thinking about Ted Kennedy, but

this is as huge for Dingle as it would have been for Teddy.

Feeling better today, Clio?

[Clio the Leo]

28. I'm supposed to be at work now....

.... I lasted about three hours. What does that tell you?

(But at least glad to he home for this.)

Thanks for asking.

[Clio the Leo]

24. Caucus is mildly fired up and ready to go.

.... I suspect they will be more so about half an hour from now.

[Clio the Leo]

25. lol "Let us pray for our colleagues on the other side....."

says the Rep speaking to the caucus now (sorry, dont know his name.)

cute. whatever works

[Clio the Leo]

29. Mystery Rep: "tomorrow evening, this bill be become law with the President's signature...." NT

[Clio the Leo]

30. POTUS has arrived. NT

[Clio the Leo]

34. Or at least he's on the Hill if not in the room. NT

[mucifer]

31. Is he reading email spam?

[Clio the Leo]

35. He was stalling to the the President time to get there. NT

[mucifer]

36. I know. But, that was really awful. Who knows maybe they will start reading the phone book.

:)

[Clio the Leo]

42. lol NT

[impik]

33. It's hilarious

[babylonsister]

37. The President is In Da House! nt

[Clio the Leo]

38. POTUS and 900 other people just walked into the auditorium....

.... anyone else ever wonder if he at least gets to go to the POTTY by himself?

[livetohike]

He should bring Bo to the auditorium - liven things up a bit

:-)

[Clio the Leo]

43. Bo could chase Eric and Boehner around....

.... while he waits for daddy to get done talking.

[livetohike]

46. ROFL thinking about that scene

:rofl: and that would be hilarious.

[Clio the Leo]

imagine Cantor followed by Boehner followed by Bo with....

... his leash dragging behind him and Malia chasting after the whole lot of them laughing and yelling "Bo!! Heel!"

[livetohike]

60. There's a good political cartoon in there!

:-)

[tallahasseedem]

39. He's there!!!

:D

[babylonsister]

40. They're fired up!!!! nt

[Clio the Leo]

41. egads there's no teleprompter!!!

He's going to have to rely on his own brain!!! We're so screwed!!!

[BeyondGeography]

44. Yay, Nancy

Well deserved...She has worked herself to death on this.

[Clio the Leo]

48. Doing Democratic women PROUD!!! NT

[CBR]

63. I love Nancy!!! She has done an outstanding job! nt

[jefferson_dem]

47. Boo-Yah!

This is so exciting. Speaker Pelosi couldn't wipe that smile off her face if she had to. :bounce:

[Clio the Leo]

50. Yay!!!

You got RT'ed by (one of my Twitter crushes) Beutler!!! I'm SUPERJEALOUS!!!!

:bounce:

[jefferson_dem]

80. He's a mensch...

It's nice to feel loved. :hi:

[impik]

49. Fuck anyone who's going to vote against this thing

[Clio the Leo]

54. And to anyone who bashes it!!! NT

[Jersey Devil]

51. Nancy is glowing

She deserves the accolades. She's worked her tail off to make it happen.

[livetohike]

55. I love her. I hate it when the talking heads (Scarborough)

spit her name out like it was poison. She is doing a great job as Speaker.

[Clio the Leo]

56. one of the most under appreciated heroes of this whole thing. NT

[Peacetrain]

52. FIRED UP!!!

READY TO GO!! :thumbsup:

[Clio the Leo]

57. Fire IT up!!!! NT

[fadedrose]

53. He's there - and I've got fxxk'n tears in my eyes... nt

[Clio the Leo]

58. fortunately, I have plenty of tissue handy...

.... and some cough drops ... and some zicam. :)

[impik]

62. GO HARRY!

[tishaLA]

67. it feels really significant and powerful doesn't it?

the republicons have been dragging their feet for so long, this is going to feel much more massive a victory than perhaps it is.

[BeyondGeography]

59. Sorted

:bounce:

[Clio the Leo]

61. Reid: "I am happy to announce I have the commitment of a significant majority..."

"... of the US Senate to make this law even better!"

[livetohike]

65. "significant majority"

Yahooooooooo :-).

[Glimmer of Hope]

64. Wow - It is a done deal!

[DCBob]

69. Yep.. Looks that way!!

:bounce:

[Clio the Leo]

70. They are certainly making it sound that way.

I hope they're right!

[pinto]

74. Sure looks that way.

:kick:

[Clio the Leo]

66. Reid makes an analogy to basketball...

.... saying it's the last min. of the game and the other team keeps trying to foul us, just to delay the end of the game.

"There will be a clear winner, the American people!"

[DCBob]

68. This is very very big day in politics.. I am starting to get that feeling again like back in 2008.

Yes we can!!

[Clio the Leo]

71. This is starting to feel even bigger than that....

.... bigger than anything in our lifetimes. (and THAT was MAJOR!)

[Clio the Leo]

72. Fair warning:

For those who have never heard him do this, you have not LIVED until you've heard Barack Obama throwing out some red meat to the Dem. caucus.

GOOD STUFF!!!! Brace yourselves!

[mucifer]

73. I'm really liking Hoyer's speech!

:)

[DCBob]

79. Superb!

Well done Steney!

[impik]

75. Just listen to the list of presidents who couldn't get this done!

Go, Barack, you great great man.

[Clio the Leo]

76. Steny: "On Sunday..... tomorrow ..... we WILL do it!" NT

[BeyondGeography]

77. Hoyer kicked serious ass

:patriot:

[tishaLA]

78. Hoyer made that point so well. Thank you President Obama, Speaker Pelosi, and Sen Reid

You have worked tirelessly to get this done....it is indeed historic.

[Clio the Leo]

81. POTUS: "I'm not bound to win, but I'm bound to be true...."

"I'm not bound to succeed, but I'm bound to live up to what life I have."

quoting Lincoln, says, "we have a lot of books at the White House...>"

[Phx_Dem]

82. Harry Reid deserves a big THANK YOU for getting a majority of

Senators to sign that letter agreeing to pass the fixes via reconciliation.

Rounding up votes in the Senate is like herding cats, so . . well done, Senator Reid.

:applause:

[Clio the Leo]

85. yep. NT

[livetohike]

93. Considering what he has had going on in his personal life this

past week it is amazing.

[Clio the Leo]

98. yep. NT

[Clio the Leo]

84. Talks about the current economy as a crisis.....

... but says that even before the economic crisis, millions were living with their own private crisis.

[LeftyAndProud60]

86. Is he giving this speech w/o a prompter? Kind of impressive. NT

[Pirate Smile]

128. Yes, he is. He decided to wing it.

[Born_A_Truman]

87. Harry Truman is smiling down at us right now ...

I can't stop the tears.

[Clio the Leo]

97. and if you look a little harder...

... you can see him high-fiving both of the Roosevelts. ;)

[impik]

88. No Teleprompter, as far as i can see.

[Clio the Leo]

96. wingin' it!

I is SCARRRRRED!!!

[Clio the Leo]

89. "I'm not someone who spends a lot of time surfing the cable channels...."

yeah .... I'm callin' BS on that one Mr. President. ;)

[Radical Activist]

90. "Obama is too hands off"

Hopefully I've heard the last of that crap. He has lobbied this aggressively in Congress and in public non-stop. Why do people still believe the crap they hear in the corporate media?

[Clio the Leo]

95. lol, you have not heard the last of that crap. NT

[BeyondGeography]

91. My Obama love is careening out of control again

[Clio the Leo]

94. lol, FOCUS!

(he does look esp. cute today though, huh?)

[impik]

99. He is pissed. He's about to explode.

[Clio the Leo]

101. lol, if Dwayne Johnson appears out of nowhere...

... GOP better call the Capitol Police.

[impik]

107. This is an amazing event

[impik]

125. Enough making me cry, Mr. President!!!

[Clio the Leo]

92. this is largely a repeat of his latest stump speech....

... which is funny that in his second year, the President still has a stump speech, but that's The Obama for ya.

But he's saying what he said Monday and Friday.

[LeftyAndProud60]

102. The Republicans are kind souls. They seem to want to help Democrats keep their seats.

Maybe they should listen to them. :sarcasm:

[mucifer]

103. oooo he's dissing the repubs!

[Clio the Leo]

104. "If you honestly dont believe this bill is an improvement .... then dont vote for it."

(paraphrased)

cock huh? lol

[BeyondGeography]

105. "Help us fix this system."

Very powerful.

[Clio the Leo]

106. "I actually believe this is the smart thing to do politically..."

See there!!! He DOES know! lol :)

[Clio the Leo]

108. "Obama singles out to praise swing-CD Dems Markey, Boccieri for their votes...."

http://twitter.com/politicojosh/status/10788264959

[Clio the Leo]

110. cacus appears to be giving them standing ovations. NT

[Cha]

136. Awesome!

[argonaut]

109. This is like something off the West Wing.

We just need some inspiring strings rising as he talks, but otherwise.... :D

[Clio the Leo]

111. lol, isn't it?

except it's BRIGHTER lol

[BeyondGeography]

112. Soul baring

Fantastic.

[Hutzpa]

113. Oh snap! He is using teleprompter

call the whaaaaabulance, where are those rethuglicans when you need them :shrug:

syke....:rofl:

[Thrill]

114. Obama has to explain to these people what it is to be a Democrat

I think some of them forgot

[Clio the Leo]

115. Reminds them that those who passed Medicare made a tough vote.

As did those who passed the civil rights bill.

[mucifer]

116. FINALLY giving up on the "bipartisan" speak. Thank you Obama!

Be proud to be a dem!

[Clio the Leo]

117. Because he's speaking to a room full of Dems who need to be united....

.... instead of a country full of Dems. Repubs and neither. ;)

Big difference.

[mucifer]

True, but the doors arent closed and the cameras are rolling!

[Sky Masterson]

118. god damn can that man speak!

Out of the park!!

[Clio the Leo]

119. "Something inspired you to get involved, something inspired you to be a Democrat." NT

[tishaLA]

120. it's easy to remember why we voted for him. he's a political romantic

and he makes legislation, even when it's imperfect, seem noble.

[babylonsister]

121. What a speech. He's really talking some truth to these lawmakers.

:loveya:

[Bobbie Jo]

122. Let's Get This Done!

:kick:

[DCBob]

123. WOW!!!!

Amazing speech!!!!

[Clio the Leo]

124. "Every one in a while, you get a chance to make good on all of those promises..."

"you get a chance to vindicate those feelings you once had."

[Clio the Leo]

126. What say you NOW Bart!!!!!!?

WISH he'd try to justify his no vote now!!!!

[old mark]

127. Thanks, Clio! Watched much of it on MSNBC's feed. Obama is SO GOOD

at this stuff!

I have really given him a hard time in emails to the WH, etc, but this bill, even as it is IS historic, and is a positive first step that should have been done 50 years ago. I am hoping the enthusiasm to do the right thing continues after this is passed, and I hope the fucking republicans choke on it.

Rec.

mark

[livetohike]

129. Seconding the "choke on it"

It feels good to be alive to see this too - just as Civil Rights and Medicare passed. Old enough to watch history happen :-).

[old mark]

138. This is really what it compares with - the civil rights movement. I hope

tyhe right just explodes over this, and it seems like they already are....


mark

[DCBob]

130. That was one superb impressive speech..

Its moments like this that vindicate how hard I worked to get this guy elected.

[BeyondGeography]

131. It's safe to watch basketball again...Mike Pence is on now

[gademocrat7]

132. Thank you, Mr. President

Inspiring and motivating speech.

[Raffi Ella]

134. Best speech he's ever given.

Heartfelt, inspiring and true. DAMN! am I ever proud to be a Democrat on a day like this.

[lyonn]

135. By the time he finished he left no doubt why all Dems should

vote for this Bill. It may be, and is, an imperfect Bill, but, it is a start. If this is not passed it will be impossible to listen to any repub arrogantly explaining to the masses how ineffective Obama and the Dems are. Ugh! This is crucial. Tomorrow will be a nail bitter.

And yes, this could have been his best speech ever. Every Dem that votes it down should be ashamed.

[Raffi Ella]

139. They should.

And republicans will go down in history as being on the wrong side of profound progress yet again.

Just like Medicare, America will come to wonder how we ever lived without it. Generations from now will look back and wonder how people ever accepted that life and death was in the hands of insurance co.'s.

[Turborama]

137. For anyone who may have missed it or wants to watch it again at their leisure....

It's in the videos forum now with the transcript: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x445369