President Obama sparred with House Republicans today. Live. Without a teleprompter. For 90 straight minutes. Ambinder reports:
Accepting the invitation to speak at the House GOP retreat may turn out to be the smartest decision the White House has made in months. Debating a law professor is kind of foolish: the Republican House Caucus has managed to turn Obama’s weakness — his penchant for nuance — into a strength. Plenty of Republicans asked good and probing questions, but Mike Pence, among others, found their arguments simply demolished by the president…
During the presidential campaign, it was John McCain who proposed a form of the British Prime Ministers’ questions for the president. It was derided as a gimmick. This is no gimmick. I have not seen a better and perhaps more productive political discussion in this country in…a long time.We need more of this. Full Q & A video here. Transcript here.
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I know I’ve had a lot of, er, complaints lately, but this, this is why I love you, man. No prompter, into the belly of...
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oh my goodness! sassy and smart! and he tells it like it is. very refreshing.
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If we could get the general public to pay attention to this kind of stuff, that would be a step in the right direction...
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This was good, and I think answers a lot of questions a lot of people may have, regardless of political affiliation. If...
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President Obama sparred with House Republicans today. Live. Without a teleprompter. For 90 straight minutes. Ambinder...
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I see the old Barry from the campaign in there…
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