**** Heads Up: POTUS Holds a Press Conference, Live 1pm EDT ****

[Clio the Leo]

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

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/

http://cspan.org/Watch/C-SPAN.aspx

[young but wise]

1. Thanks.

:-)

[onehandle]

2. The ERA of big bipartisanship continues.

As long as the GOP gets what it wants.

[emulatorloo]

5. "Bat wielding loon threatens Cuomo"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x521878

Is that the kind of thing you have in mind?

I expect he will make some conciliatory noises. We lost the house, he is not going to insult the voters.

But that doesn't mean he is going to do every crazy shit thing Boehner comes up is.

[gateley]

3. Four ****, check, CAPS, check, links, check -- we're ready to go!

Thanks, Clio! You should be on the WH payroll!

[Clio the Leo]

16. nah .... this is fun. ;-) nt

[Clio the Leo]

4. Really wish Obama would do this at a table in front of a backdrop, all sweaty,

...like he'd just lost the Super Bowl ... and w/shades on.

[emulatorloo]

6. LOL n/t

[Clio the Leo]

7. "Some election nights more fun than others...."

"some are exhilarating ... some are humbling."

[Clio the Leo]

9. "People are deeply frustrated ... this confirms what I've been hearing..." nt

[matt819]

8. I can't bring myself to watch it

I can, but won't. I'll read the commentary here.

Bipartisanship? That's so 2008. The era of bipartisanship is over, and if Obama holds out another f***ing olive branch, I will be one of those in favor of a primary fight in 2012.

[Clio the Leo]

10. good luck with that. nt

[Clio the Leo]

11. "No ONE party will be able to dictate where we go from here." nt

[Clio the Leo]

12. "There is a reason we have two parties in this country." nt

[Clio the Leo]

13. "but we all have the same priorities in common." nt

[Roland99]

44. So true. Both parties only care about protecting their corporate masters.

fucking whores...the lot of them.

[Clio the Leo]

14. "we need to be strong, we need to be united."

[Clio the Leo]

15. Repeats his "I'm eager to hear good ideas" line...

... and we all know how that turned out. ;)

[Clio the Leo]

17. cites a small biz. owner who asked when civility would be returning to DC nt

[Uzybone]

18. ever the optimist

just come out swinging please. These fuckers hate you and hate democrats. They will not work with you.

[Clio the Leo]

20. Sorry .... this is the man I voted for and I know I'm not alone.

Keep doing your thing Obama.

And anyone who thinks Dems need to get MORE partisaned after we just had our hind ends handed to us ... well .... would be like the Rangers asking for the ball back.

[Uzybone]

60. you are right Clio, the negativity is getting to me

Even with all this BS, we accomplished a lot these last 2 years and I believe much more will come.

[Clio the Leo]

19. "This nation has already bounced back from worse than what we're going through now." nt

[speppin]

87. as Big Ed said a bit ago--it was a vanilla speech. Nothing there.

[Clio the Leo]

21. Not gonna try to get ALL of his answers. Just the high points.

Apologies.

[Parker CA]

22. Didn't leave the GOP much room in their for doing anything but working with him to move forward.

Sounds good. Question will be can D's and R's move forward together to solve problems, and he thinks they can and will although it will be tough. He's doing a good job of pinning them R's against the wall with what they should focus on.

[gateley]

23. He takes direct responsibility, but I totally blame the Republicans for not achieving

more progress and growth.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

24. He doesn't get it ....even now...that these fuckers are going for his jugular now.....

all that they care about is your death and the death of everything democratic.

Just say we'll see you back at the ranch and walk away

[Clio the Leo]

26. They'd do that regardless. nt

[maryellen99]

27. I totally agree

I swear this country deserves Sarah Palin and I think this country wants that crazy bitch to be President.

[Parker CA]

29. I think he's well aware of that fact, and his language is doing everything to pin the R's against a

wall where they will have to act rather than obstruct.

He's the POTUS, he can't come out and say things like we would and do on DU.

[Clio the Leo]

31. thank you

.... I dont think he'd say those things on DU either, but that's beside the point.

[Hawkowl]

38. The POTUS isn't Jesus Christ

The POTUS also isn't Gandhi, or MLK or any other pacifist that was assassinated for being too nice. He's supposed to be a goddamned politician and a leader who can give and take a beating for the good of the country.

If he wants to be a goddamned sainted martyr, he needs to find another line of work. The Dems lost because of their inability to govern.

[Parker CA]

42. The Dem's lost bc the economy is in the shitter. Simple.

[Hawkowl]

48. No...

The Dems lost because they failed in messaging. They failed to pin the blame for the depression on Bush and the rethuglican tax cuts. They lost because they continue to support the wars which suck the life out of our economy (Econ 101 guns vs. butter). They lost because the proclaimed RECOVERY! when there wasn't any and refused to "bring up the past" and correlate the rethugs actions with the direct results of the depression.

[Parker CA]

67. Those issues are certainly part of it, but to deny the fact that the economy sucking isn't a leading

factor is to ignore other realities across the country.

[Hawkowl]

77. See you just proved my point

If you actually read my post, I said that the economy is in a depression and the reason the Dems lost is because they insist on denying it and taking credit for a mild (nonexistent) recovery, instead of pinning the blame on Bush and the rethuglicans who started it.

If you can't understand this fact, how is the average voter going to get it unless Obama screams it from the rooftops? Sheesh.

[Kadie]

53. Thank you.

watching and listening to this news conference, and that is exactly how I am reading it.

[NavyMom]

74. My son explained this to our simple neighbor, the GOP was yelling

so you could not hear their actual non-plan so now the President is telling them you wanted to be in charge then get to it but you will own ALL your crap, you can't blame NO ONE in 2012. Not only that they will be shown to not give a care about you or anyone like you, you are on your own, btw we are want to cut your SS/Medicare so you will be dead in 2012 so you can't vote me out.

If my son gets it, so does the President. Boner tried to say they will be working the President's agenda but he put the light on them that THEY will be responsible and held accountable.

[speppin]

86. He has been slow on the draw since he took office and still is.

[Clio the Leo]

25. "This underscores for me that *I* have got to do a better job, along with everyone else." nt

[Clio the Leo]

28. Only 1/3rd of voters said their vote was about HIM....

..... he gets it ... the press, as usual, does not. (Consider the fact that a quarter of the electorate are avowed, anti-Obama Republicans.)

[GeorgeGist]

88. bull shit

[Clio the Leo]

30. Says he and Cantor can work on an ear-mark moratorium together. nt

[ElsewheresDaughter]

40. He needs to say..."Let the New Games Commence" in a blood thristy barbaric yell!

that is the only language the Rethuglicans understand!


oy vey Mr President fuck the "finding some common ground"....he is talking the same shit to them and that is why the people gave up on the dems....we have tried this pink tutu crap for years....IT DOESN'T WORK!!!

yeah I AM AN ANGRY NOODLE!!

[Clio the Leo]

43. Well take that energy....

.... and find me ONE district we lost because the Dem candidate in question wasn't progressive enough.

I'll wait.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

52. and I'll weep

[Parker CA]

32. Voters didn't reject policies, they're not happy with how they policies have turned out at this

point. Still a work in progress.

If R's have ideas for jobs that we haven't looked at or tried, we want to hear them. Setting R's up with a weight on their shoulders to actually do something.

[Clio the Leo]

33. Doesn't think voters want to see HCR litigated for another 2 years. nt

[Parker CA]

34. Is your healthcare in jeopardy? Do you fear it will be repealed? O: We'd be misleading the

election results if we decided to refight battles from past two years.

Using examples of cancer patients receiving care and children not being dropped as basic reasons we shouldn't change the HC bill.

If R's can truly decrease costs without cutting vital parts of the bill, O wants to hear them.

[Clio the Leo]

35. Says the 1099 provision in the HCR bill is too burdensome for sm. biz...

... bet you NO ONE in the press knows what that is. (I dont.)

[Clio the Leo]

36. this is it...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/12/health/policy/12health.html

[Clio the Leo]

37. He keeps listing various part of the HCR bill that he's basically challenging the GOP to repeal...

... end of recissions .... kids insured to age 26, etc.

[oviedodem]

54. He is doing it because they won't be able to

[Clio the Leo]

39. Ha: "Im looking forward to hearing ideas from GOP on what programs they want to cut spending on." nt

[oviedodem]

58. he will come back 6 mnths from now and say " I asked for ideas

and have not received any"

[Clio the Leo]

41. "We've got some work to do" on Bush's tax cuts. nt

[Clio the Leo]

45. I'm gonna go back and watch Clinton in 94 and Reagan in 82 ....

.... see how their responses compared.

[oviedodem]

59. you will see VERY similiar verbiage

[ElsewheresDaughter]

46. I QUIT, I QUITM I QUIT!...I will never again participate in the political process again

I am 58 years old and have been politically active since JFK (working his campaign in Miami with my parents) but after today and for the first time in my life I feel like not caring anymore...I have nothing left in me.

[Clio the Leo]

50. well that's the spirit!

'cause that's what Americans do ... we QUIT when things get tough!

[Starbucks Anarchist]

89. I didn't realize Sarah Palin was a DUer.

Good riddance.

[Clio the Leo]

47. This "feels bad" .... seeing "terrific public servants not having the chance to serve anymore."

Talks about people who took tough votes because it was the right thing to do.

[jillan]

49. Smile Obama - I just want to hug him right now and tell him that I am proud he is my President.

[Clio the Leo]

51. I dreamed last night...

.... I picked him up at a train station .. it was cold and rainy ... gave him a friendly hug .... he wasn't overly bothered.

(SOMEHOW in my three hours of sleep, I found time to dream.)

[jillan]

57. Awww - I think we are all on the same page. Even Boxer last nite said how proud she was of Obama,

the audience cheered and she said that she would call Obama and tell him that.

I hope he knows that he still has alot of support out there.

[Parker CA]

55. Question about tax cuts. Are you willing to negotiate on tax cuts eg: raise limit to $1mil.etc..?

How does it feel to have lost so big? "It feels bad!" - Hardest thing is seeing great public servents not serving anymore. It's hard and I take responsibility, but they say they have no regrets bc they were doing the right thing.

Tax cuts: My goal is to be sure we don't have a huge spike in taxes for middle class families. It would be bad for our economy. Very important to not take money out of system from people most likely to spend that money. Also why unemployment insurance is important. Right thing for economy as a whole.

My goal is to sit down with R's and D's and see where we can move foreward in a way that does no harm, extends middle class tax cuts, and extend provisions that help businesses progress. How that works out is too tough to say at this point. We're not going to play brinksmanship, we're going to negotiate.

[Clio the Leo]

56. Says he will be sitting down with leaders from both parties over the tax cuts...

... to try to find, first, a fast solution that "does no harm."

Says he's "absolutely" willing to negotiate.

[Clio the Leo]

61. "Cap and Trade was just ONE way of skinning the cat..."

(hey now! Dont be tryin' to skin a cat dude!)

"there are other ways to get it done" he says.

[quantass]

62. Work with the other side b/c last 2 years worked so well?! One good thing about lossess..

...at least with Repubs in house we will get to see what strength and results (for the rich) look like AND they can't now hide from responsibility.

[Clio the Leo]

63. On DADT....

... still wants to get it done during lame dunk.

[Parker CA]

64. DADT - will you have to tell liberal base that with new senate #'s you won't be able to do it in 2

years?

O reaffirming his position against DADT. Rehashing previous comments...must be done in correct process and order, but policy must be changed. Review coming out at beginning of month. Potentially act during lame duck session.

[Clio the Leo]

65. "At the very LEAST, the GOP and we were pushing the car in opposite directions." nt

[jillan]

66. The press really has their claws out, don't they?

[Kdillard]

75. Of course they do but that is to be expected.

[jenmito]

68. Asked if he'll have to tell his base that he won't be able to repeal DADT, he said

the study will be finished soon and DADT is wrong, and basically said that he expects to get it done during the lame duck session. :bounce:

[Clio the Leo]

69. "What other ideas to improve the economy does the GOP other than cutting debt?"

"I want to HEAR those ideas."

... as do the rest of us.

[Parker CA]

70. "Slurpee's are delicious drinks." hahahaha

[Clio the Leo]

71. "I might serve Slurpees .... they're delicious drinks!" nt

[Parker CA]

72. How do you get business off sidelines and to stop hoarding trillions?

O: We've struggled with this. Business need rules and need to treat customers fairly, but they also need to create profits. Free market must be nurtured and cultivated.

[Clio the Leo]

73. "The whole focus of my trip to Asia is opening up US markets overseas." nt

[Clio the Leo]

76. One of the challenges, "how do I meet my responsibilities HERE in the WH yet..."

"still seem engaged with the American people."

My Tip: Go on Jon Stewart once a month! :)

[Clio the Leo]

78. "Even when I run into protesters, I'm encouraged by the American people..."

"the American people ALWAYS make me optimistic."

[txlibdem]

79. "If Republicans have some good ideas, I'm happy to consider those ideas"

Yup. Same old, same old from this President.

Thank you, Professor Obama: Capitulator In Chief.

[krawhitham]

82. wording is everything

GOOD IDEAS

[LittleBlue]

83. It's like watching rape

And now the victim is appealing for common ground with rapists.

[txlibdem]

84. I wouldn't go that far. But Obama has said the same thing on more than one occasion

That tells me that he STILL doesn't get it.

Great quote from another poster: we needed a flaming sword, but we got a limp noodle! So true.

[socialshockwave]

85. I kind of expected

Him to do this. As I said, it seems there is no progressivism left in the United States - it's all in favor of appeasing those who would not hesitate to attack you, which is what Boner will be doing. Boner would have been doing this if he were president or if McCain were president. There would be no bipartisanship. We've seen what bipartisanship can do - now let's see what progressivism can do.

[flpoljunkie]

80. The feckless media got what they wanted when Obama said he 'took a shellacking.'

It's the first thing the establishment Andrea MItchell rushed to gloat over! They are so sad.

[demgrrrll]

81. You are right they identify with the aggressive bully Republicans

Since they identify with aggressive bullies they have a sense of vicarious victory when someone they absolutely know is better and smarter than they are is seemingly taken down a peg or a notch. Thing is that he has not been taken down a notch, they have. I looked around that room and saw some very smug faces. David Gregory was gleeful. I think he will fight, the press conference was not the place to do that. If I am wrong I am wrong we will see. He was strong, he did not make excuses and he stood tall. I am proud to support Obama, particularly today.