jenmito
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:56 AM
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BREAKING-Obama postponing trip to Indonesia 'til June |
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Edited on Thu Mar-18-10 11:57 AM by jenmito
He wants to be here to see the final votes on the HCR bill. Robert Gibbs just announced this in his daily briefing.
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:57 AM
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Thu Mar-18-10 01:38 PM
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22. It's not for the ceremony of it, that he wants to watch. They can't make the timetable |
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in time for the trip.
Ouch.
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:57 AM
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i can't take 2 more months of this. i already can't remember the time before HCR was being debated.
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:59 AM
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3. It won't be two more months. It'll be a few more HOURS. |
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Edited on Thu Mar-18-10 11:59 AM by jenmito
I guess he doesn't want to leave 'til the entire thing is done instead of rushing after the House bill.
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:00 PM
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After the House comes the Senate :-(
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:03 PM
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9. That was ALWAYS the case. He was going to leave after the House vote |
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and before the Senate finished with the reconciliation. It's just a change of plans to stay here throughout the whole process.
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:59 AM
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4. I don't think the plan is to go on 'debating' for two more months |
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That's probably just how the rescheduling of the trip worked out.
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:08 PM
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11. You're right. Gibbs just said as much. n/t |
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:08 PM
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Edited on Thu Mar-18-10 12:11 PM by impik
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:11 PM
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16. I thought I just heard Gibbs say he WON'T be going to Australia until June... |
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Edited on Thu Mar-18-10 12:13 PM by jenmito
on the same trip as Indonesia. He didn't want to ask the Australians to change their schedule again for him to give a speech he's going to give.
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:54 PM
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31. I wish he'd wait until after the election here |
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Edited on Thu Mar-18-10 11:54 PM by depakid
No telling how he might bolster the opposition.
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Thu Mar-18-10 09:05 PM
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29. It's this malaise that did Carter in. |
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Fri Mar-19-10 11:14 AM
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32. i don't understand what you mean |
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taking over a year to make compromised, incremental change, instead of the radical change we need?
or my frustration with the pace?
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:59 AM
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Hopefully we'll over the House hurdle come Sunday, but the Senate is not going to be a walk in the park either (probably not in terms of votes but in terms of roadblocks). I want him here, PEN READY!
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:02 PM
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7. I figured he'd do this. |
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Good. Hopefully they can wrap it up before Easter, but it depends on the roadblocks the Rs put up during the Senate procedures.
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:06 PM
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10. So far, they're just hours behind schedule. |
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Hopefully, they WILL wrap it up before Easter. Maybe the Dems. would threaten to keep the Repubs. in session if they try to stall.
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:10 PM
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nice symmetry with the first version of the Senate bill passed Christmas eve :-)
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:13 PM
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:11 PM
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Right now I really don't give a shit about foreign relations. We need to be taking care of problems here at home for awhile.
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:11 PM
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15. I'm listening to this currently. n/t |
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:17 PM
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18. I think he's waiting until June so the girls can accompany him..nt |
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:18 PM
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19. That would be great. n/t |
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:22 PM
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20. that was my first thought too--school will be out then. n/t |
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Thu Mar-18-10 12:23 PM
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The original trip was scheduled to coincide with their spring break. I have little doubt the girls' school schedule is the main driver for moving it to June. Lucky kids. Wish I was going with them!
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Thu Mar-18-10 05:31 PM
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25. that's my understanding.... |
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I think part of the reason for the trip was to show his daughters where he lived as a child... It was going to happen during spring break...now looks like it will wait til summer break.
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Thu Mar-18-10 02:18 PM
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24. He's Really Bringing It Together When It Counts Isn't He? |
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Thu Mar-18-10 08:50 PM
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26. Good! We need him here! |
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Thu Mar-18-10 08:54 PM
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27. I'm glad he's staying, too. |
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It wouldn't seem right for him to be out of the country while history is being made-which will be associated with him forever and ever. :hi:
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Thu Mar-18-10 09:02 PM
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28. That's right..life happens while |
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Thu Mar-18-10 11:47 PM
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30. While he's there, he should visit the mud volcano near Surabaya; it serves as a great object lesson. |
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