**** Heads Up! POTUS Speaks on the Economy, 2pm EDT ****

[Clio the Leo]

Apparently going to fire a few more salvos in Boehner's direction.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/live/president-obama-speaks-economy-10

http://www.cnn.com/video/flashLive/live.html?stream=stream1

[Clio the Leo]

1. starting now! nt

[flpoljunkie]

2. Thanks!

[Clio the Leo]

3. Imagine if Obama was just walkin' around your back yard w/a mic...

..... crazy.

[Phx_Dem]

22. Seriously. I'd be on the ground with smelling salts up my nose!

[jenmito]

4. CNN and C-Span are covering him. MSNBC is not. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

6. One of the reasons Dems are switching to CNN.

http://people-press.org/report/652/

[jenmito]

8. Very interesting...

but it's a shame that CNN is Faux Light when it comes to coverage of the teabaggers/Repub. talking points/etc.

[Robbins]

11. Cable News

At times CNN will actully show Obama speaking while MSNBC will often during the day stick to talking heads talk.CNN Is too Fox lite
for my tastes.Liberals and Democrats watch MSNBC for Ed,Countdown,and rachel Maddow and maybe Tweety at times.The morning till Tweety
MSNBC Is pure conservative.MSNBC tries to be Conservative during the day and become more liberal for their evening shows which get
the best ratings.

[jenmito]

15. You're 100% right on all counts. n/t

[Doctor_J]

19. CNN, the network of Campbell Senior, Wolf Blitzer, Howard Kurtz?

WTF for?

[jenmito]

21. Maybe because until evening, MSNBC is conservative and on weekends they show

prison shows ad nauseum? At least CNN has Rick Sanchez and a couple others...

[Clio the Leo]

5. Going through the normal opening remarks about economic issues. nt

[Clio the Leo]

7. Sorry ..... gotta eat ..... someone take over if you like....

.... I didn't know this was happening and didnt plan lol .... BAD Lil Kool Aid drinker!!!! Bad

I will DEF. post if he says something noteworthy though.

[jenmito]

9. He's answering a question about embryonic stem-cell research...

said he wants to make it clear that it would only be done on stem cells that were created for IVF, are frozen, extra, and will be discarded anyway.

[Clio the Leo]

10. He did NOT mention Boehner during opening remarks....

.... be surprised if he works him in during an answer now, but we'll see.

[jenmito]

13. He just mentioned him a few times. n/t

[Clio the Leo]

12. Talking about the Employee Free Choice Act....

... says its goal is to make the playing field even. Says the WH is supportive of it, but doesn't have 60 votes to get it passed .... so WH has been trying to get things done through the executive branch.

Then goes on to extol what GOOD things unions have done for the American people. Says he thinks we need to balance protecting the worker along side allowing businesses to stay competitive with the world who will always be able to offer cheaper labor. Wants to be able to offer a better skilled workforce.

[Clio the Leo]

14. Here we go with the Boehner comment....

.... question about how long it will take for the economy to get better ..... among other things, says "part of what will determine that will be if we have (Dems) making the decision or John Boehner."

[Clio the Leo]

"We're still in a wrestling match with Boehner/McConnell ...."

.... over the jobs bill.

[jenmito]

16. He's talking about Boehner again re: tax cuts. "We're still in this wrestling match with

John Boehner and Mitch McConnell..."

[Clio the Leo]

17. "I think we need to reform our immigration system to give those here a way forward..." nt

[Clio the Leo]

18. Tells one of the people in the audience after he's done speaking "we WILL get this bill passed!"

.... the jobs bill that is.

[jenmito]

20. I love how he's talking to everyone who's there and listening to their stories/comments/etc.

For anyone who thinks he's "out of touch," they obviously don't watch him.