little luke russert has it right...

[spanone]

a republican told him 'off the record' that it was a mistake to let the President refute their talking points one by one on national teevee

great move Mr. President.

[alsame]

1. ...

ya think? :rofl:

He destroyed them.

[madmax]

2. That's a fact!

Obama can speak, think on his feet, debate and never break a sweat.

[quiet.american]

3. Another "great" idea brought to us by the GOP -- but this actually *was* a GREAT idea. nt

[madmax]

4. They're all kicking themselves in the ass about now. LOL n/t

[spanone]

5. true AND they agreed to allowing the teevee into Q&A session

they must have thought they would have a 'gotcha' moment

[foxfeet]

6. And are suffering head injuries as a result. nt

[spanone]

7. russert said the white house called last night and asked if they could televise the Q&A

it was the white house's idea......bwahahahahahaaa checkmate

[madmax]

24. Thanks for posting that.

Make it all the more fun. :bounce: :rofl:

[no_hypocrisy]

8. A mistake on whose part?

[spanone]

9. uh, repubs

[seabeyond]

10. "let" the repugs "let" obama do the speech? really? nt

[spanone]

12. well 'they' invited him and 'they' agreed to the teevee cameras...really

[seabeyond]

15. i thought this was about state of union. i must not know what yawl are talking

about.

sorry, lol

[spanone]

17. he spoke before the republican house caucus today...originally they were not going to have cameras

for the Q & A session. last night the white house called and asked if they could have the cameras stay for the Q & A.

and he did what he does best.

[seabeyond]

19. thanks. nt

[spanone]

21. it was well worth the watch....they only applauded the rethug questions

but he took each talking point and, as he can, showed the ignorance of their ways.

[seabeyond]

29. excellent. so cool. that is what i like, show stupid for stupid. thanks. nt

[Half and Half]

11. Depends on how you look at it.

If this breath of fresh air blows away the clout of some current Republican leadership and frees reasonable Republicans to take action then it can only be a good thing for the party.

[spanone]

13. here's how i look at it. they invited him and he went and answered their questions honestly

what they do with it is up to them

[Half and Half]

27. Well John Boehner seemed to embrase the spirit of it

for the moment anyway.

If you saw Lil' Russ then you had to of seen the Republican response part, that MSNBC cut away from (which annoyed me), where the reporters tried to egg them on about the fairness of pot & kettle politics, but he didn't take the bait.

[spanone]

28. boehner embraces nothing democratic. did you hear him after the state of the union?

i give him nothing

[Half and Half]

31. yeah, but then this exchange came after the SOTU, which granted was only a couple days ago, but

things in D.C. are even more partisan IMO than they were during the Bush years.

If its genuine it'll be a very good thing, regardless of where you stand politically.

If its not, then we're probably doomed to 3 years of gridlock since Obama doesn't seem willing to put a political knife to anyone's throat, in either party.

[tridim]

14. Never bluff with the smartest President ever.

There was a thread from yesterday where 95% of the responses thought this was a huge mistake.

I called it a brilliant political move without hesitation, because I know how Obama thinks.

[madokie]

16. Hell fire here I've been keeping the teevee off and missed this

It sounds like it was a thing of beauty so they'll probably never show it again. damn it anyway

[madmax]

25. I usually miss the good stuff also...

Lucked out this time. I think you'll be able to find it on somewhere. Our DU buddies are excellent at search and find ;)

[shraby]

26. It might be on C-Span here's the link

<http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/01/29/HP/R/28993/President+Speaks+at+GOP+Retreat.aspx>

[malaise]

18. Is there a link? n/t

[spanone]

20. it was just a report after the meeting with the repug house caucus

[malaise]

22. Thanks

Hopefully Tweety, KO or Rachel will have clips

[spanone]

23. i bet they will...there were some good moments

[malaise]

30. I read on another thread that it will be shown on CSPan 1 at

8.00pm tonight