WH: "If reporters want to predict the tone of the policy of tomorrow's speech..."

[Clio the Leo]

Draft 1 of Wednesday night's joint session address circulated among a tiny handful of West Wing aides over the holiday weekend. The text is now in the president's hands, and he is personally reshaping it. "As we like to say around here, he thinks he can write," an aide said of the best-selling boss. So reporters are told that if they want to predict the tone and policy, their source had better be the president. By this afternoon, a much wider group is expected to see the pivotal speech.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/wbarchive/whiteboard09082009.html

[Jennicut]

1. They can read his mind though!

Endless speculation is coming today.

[Kaylee]

2. Ugh...I didn't mean to unrec...sorry.

[Clio the Leo]

3. ha ha, no worries, I've done it myself. ;)

... and while I take great joy in unreccing other's posts .... I dont think I've ever paid attention to the recs/urecs MINE get. lol

[global1]

4. I Just Hope That The WH Doesn't Circulate An Advanced Copy Of The Speech To......

the networks. I don't want them to criticize the speech before he delivers it and we all see it. I don't want it to get into the hands of the Repugs before he delivers it.

[Clio the Leo]

5. Oh they will.......

.... that is such a common practice (I beleive) that if they DID NOT do it, there would be major blow back.

But the GOOD part about them releasing exerpts early is that WE will get to see them too and we can decide for ourselves. ;)

[DrToast]

6. Politico knows all!