Obama to Speak at Both Republican, and Democratic Conferences

[Bluebear]

President Obama will not only speak at this week’s House Democratic Conference, but the White House now confirms that the president is slated to speak at the House Republican Conference next week as well.

The annual Democratic retreat in Washington, D.C. is on Thursday. Republicans hold their retreat next Thursday and Friday in Baltimore, Maryland.

The president’s attendance at both retreats is a show of bipartisanship in otherwise fiercely partisan times, as Capitol Hill attempts to move forward on health care reform. His visit to both retreats comes just about one year after he was inaugurated as president under the promise of braking the bipartisanship barrier in Washington, D.C.

“I’m a big believer in working with the other side of the aisle,” then-Senator Obama said in March of 2008 in Kissimmee, Florida “Even if we've got a majority of democrats, I think it’s very important to listen to Republicans, to respect them….. I want to have a weekly meeting with Republican and Democratic leaders to talk about the economy, to talk about foreign policy, so that we're actually trying to solve problems away from the TV cameras, not trying to score political points.”

Some Republicans might not agree that President Obama has lived up to his pledge for bipartisanship.
While praising President Obama’s decision to speak to the House Republicans, House Republican Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) pointed out that some Republicans didn’t find the White House as open for discussion as they would have liked.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/01/president-obama-to-speak-at-both-republican-and-democratic-conferences-.html

[babylonsister]

1. Good for him! And why not? Oops. Sorry, Bb.

:evilgrin:

[Jim Sagle]

2. Some jokes just write themselves.

[Bluebear]

3. "I’m a big believer in working with the other side of the aisle"

Rimshot!

[Atticus]

4. And, this will accomplish just exactly---what?

They are sworn to destroy his presidency, they have no conscience or sense of shame and they will lie about whatever he says to them.

Unless he KNOWS he has some very serious and very contagious disease, there is no reason to visit the Dark Side.

[GoCubsGo]

5. People need a reminder every once in a while...

People will see him going there to make nice, and they'll see the rethugs acting the way they usually do in return. It's how they got their 20% approval rating. He's just reminding everyone of who is really the problem here.

[LuvNewcastle]

6. They're just doing this so they can show

how 'open-minded' they are, and of course they'll mention the fact that Bush was never allowed to speak at the Democratic conference. In other words, it's a set-up.

[bottomofthehill]

8. Actually, Bush did speak at the Democratic issues conference

it was in Williamsburg VA. He did not go every year. but he did go

[Historic NY]

7. why waste his breath?