Statement by the Press Secretary on the President’s Speech to a Joint Session of Congress

[ProSense]

Via Daily Kos

Statement by the Press Secretary on the President’s Speech to a Joint Session of Congress

“Today, the President asked to address the Congress about the need for urgent action on the economic situation facing the American people as soon as Congress returned from recess. Both Houses will be back in session after their August recess on Wednesday, September 7th, so that was the date that was requested. We consulted with the Speaker about that date before the letter was released, but he determined Thursday would work better. The President is focused on the urgent need to create jobs and grow our economy, so he welcomes the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress on Thursday, September 8th and challenge our nation's leaders to start focusing 100% of their attention on doing whatever they can to help the American people."

[a kennedy]

1. and there you have it......

the cave. :cry: again.

[SadPanda]

4. So we get all kinds of crazy in a GOP debate, then we get all kinds of reasonable....

In a joint session of congress to wash out the crazy.

Let me get this straight. Several GOP candidates have debate on cable. President gets on National TV the next night in front of Congress and discusses his plans for job creation.

How is this bad again?

[Tx4obama]

5. President Obama did NOT cave. He was held hostage again by the GOP terrorists.

It is NOT a cave. Because ....

The House has to vote to pass a resolution in order to hold the joint session.
If ya can't get The House to vote yes on the resolution, then there'd be no way for Obama to have access to the room for the speech.

[rsmith6621]

2. What a sweet kind respectable statement....

...The jobless can wait another day....

[EffieBlack]

6. Because so much was going to happen between Wednesday and Thursday

Maybe Congress would have passed the President's jobs bill in a day.

[CakeGrrl]

8. That's not the point. One day wasn't going to solve the joblessness problem.

The point is that now there'll be a brouhaha, however ridiculous and trivial, over the 'caving' and the fact that this GOP seems to disrespect this president with impunity.

SEEMS to.

[DURHAM D]

3. gheez louise...

sad

[MannyGoldstein]

7. "Now the Republicans will really know we are people they can work with"

"And if not this time, then once we cut Social Security they'll really know that we're reasonable adults. And if not, then... "

[Imajika]

9. Whole thing is much ado about nothing....

..and the hypocrisy is astounding.

If the Bush White House in 2007 had decided it wanted a nationally televised speech before a joint session of Congress on the evening of a big Democratic debate people here would be screaming with outrage and demanding Pelosi insist on a different date.

The speech was pushed back 1 day. Big deal. The Obama White House should have anticipated this. Perhaps they did and believe the politics of the whole kerfuffle works to their advantage. Either way, it amounts to absolutely nothing. Virtually no voters are going to care about what night the speech ended up being.

[gordianot]

10. Challange "leaders" very generous to call them leaders. Don't you just love being polite? n/t