Thursday, September 1, 2011

Retreat: President Obama agrees to address Congress the night after the GOP Presidential debate


President Obama has given up on his childish ploy to upstage the GOP Presidential debate by addressing a joint session of Congress on the same night.

(Politico)- A presidential address to a joint session of Congress is usually one of Washington’s more dignified and predictable events — but President Barack Obama’s request to deliver a Sept. 7 speech quickly devolved into just another partisan pie fight...

First, Obama ambushed the GOP by upstaging the party’s presidential debate with a major address. Then Republicans returned fire by trying to push it back to the 8th. Then the name-calling started. Finally, late Wednesday, Obama agreed to change the day — even if it means backtracking and bumping against the NFL’s Thursday night opener.

1 comment:

SE Pepper said...

If a re-run of Fantasy Island is on another channel at the same time he is on, it'll be extremely hard to tell which is which......