CBC members react to President Obama's speech

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http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/25/cbc-members-react-to-obamas-speech/?hpt=po_bn2

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After the speech, several CBC members said they were pleased with the message. Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Maryland, said it was a "call to action." She said both sides of the aisle know where the battlelines are drawn on the issues and that complaining about that will not accomplish anything, members must fight for what they want.

"He showed he's going to fight," she said.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, said the president "took his gloves off" and that it was the right approach. "This is the first day of the beginning of a season of pressure" on Republicans in Congress, she said. "I think that this is now, for his own sake, a sense of reckoning that although his temperament as president of the United States for everybody – is to include everyone – there's a time now that the marching has to begin, because he's got to save this country and we're willing to save it with him."

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Rep. Greg Meeks, D-New York, said it was important to see the president transition from governing mode to campaign mode and that he must keep the pressure on Congress, travel to districts where people are hurting and show them that he feels their pain.

[Tippy]

1. K&R...some say it's about time...I say Thank god

[mazzarro]

2. Is transitioning from governing to campaign mode imply switching from compromising to fighting mode?

If that is the case, does it also mean that once the campaign is over the transition back to governing mode will mean switching back to compromising mode again - whether he wins or loses - at the expense of the president's supporters?

Somehow, I am not too sure of these things anymore. Even the politicians that one believes in speak in riddles these days. They may be giving the impression that they are with you but you feel uncomfortable about them nonetheless.

[Empowerer]

3. I hope this nips in the bud the paternalistic "concern" that the President was mean to black folk

last night.

But given the atmosphere and attitude here, I tend to think my hope is somewhat optimistic ...

[ProSense]

4. It's

surreal the attempts to use this well-received speech to create the impression of discord between the CBC, blacks and the President.

Some are using the speech, even the delivery, to launch insults at the President (and blacks), while completely ignoring the CBC's reaction.

[Empowerer]

5. Don't you know ...

Black folks in general and CBC members in particular aren't smart enough or savvy enough to know that the
President insulted us last night - and we need well-meaning, paternalistic liberal white people to protect us from Barack Obama.

:sarcasm:

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6. Rec'd