Today’s Q’s for O’s White House
EmailYunji de Nies: Robert, without getting into specific numbers, can you tell us what percentage of the president's day he's actually devoting to making these calls, and what kind of a reception he's getting? I mean is he getting a lot of pushback? Are these long conversations, are they short? What are the nature of these calls?
MR. GIBBS: Longer with some than others.
de Nies: In English?
MR. GIBBS: Pardon me?
de Nies: In English? (Laughs.)
MR. GIBBS: As opposed to other words? No, this is — this is children-approved programming, Helen. Let's be good. I have not gotten a list of members that he's called today, but I know he reached out — well, obviously, he talked with Representative Kucinich yesterday on Air Force One. He's talked with and called – either met with or called members over the past several days and, again, made the case for why reform is important now, why this has to be the time where we finally do something about health care.
de Nies: And how has that argument been received?
MR. GIBBS: I think — I think we are making steady progress toward passage of the bill this week.
de Nies: Do you think that this is — his entire day is devoted to making these calls? Is it half the day? I mean — (off mike)?
MR. GIBBS: No, I — I'd have to go back and look at his – at the in-depth schedule to give you an educated guess on percentage. But, you know, I mean, look, the president, again, you know, has a PDB every day. We had a senior advisers meeting. And he's got stuff later today that doesn't deal with health care.
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Lousy questions. Bring back Jake.
Posted by: tjp612 | March 16, 2010, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm
Come on MSM, journalist, anchors, reporters.
You’ve got to help.
You’ve got to do this for him–Obama.
Health care is no longer about the people.
It’s about saving Obama’s butt.
Posted by: cassie | March 16, 2010, 3:44 pm 3:44 pm
What was supposed to change Kucinich’s mind?
The ride on AF-1 or Obama’s charm.
Do these people have any principles left?
Kucinich wants a public option.
Obama traded out the PO on a deal with hospital lobbyist.
Again–do they have any principles?
Posted by: ollie | March 16, 2010, 3:47 pm 3:47 pm
JOB…JOB…..JOBS
Well that went out the window very quickly with this snakeoil salesman Obama
Obama VS America
Posted by: another crisis-another photo op | March 16, 2010, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
Lousy questions. Bring back Jake.
Posted by: tjp612 | Mar 16, 2010 3:09:27 PM
I agree, tjp612. I don’t really care how LONG the calls are, I want to know what is being discussed, and how many more ‘deals’ are being made.
Posted by: Shoe | March 16, 2010, 4:06 pm 4:06 pm
JOB…JOB…..JOBS
Well that went out the window very quickly with this snakeoil salesman Obama
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Only if you’re too biased to do the actual research on the numbers of job openings and the number of jobs since the stimulus was put in place.
The Republican right has only ONE agenda. Smear the Democrats and the President, oppose EVERYTHING and hope people are tricked into electing them – forgetting the mess they left the country in . . .
Posted by: tierra | March 16, 2010, 4:20 pm 4:20 pm
Yes, Tierra, it is so clear that Obama is focused like a laser beam on jobs and getting Americans back to work. Thank goodness he is not so selfish as to focus exclusively on an issue that the American people clearly don’t want to focus on right now. All hail Obama.
Posted by: cliveclone | March 16, 2010, 4:37 pm 4:37 pm
Yes, Tierra, it is so clear that Obama is focused like a laser beam on jobs and getting Americans back to work.
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You’re too biased to do the actual research on the numbers of job openings and the number of jobs since the stimulus was put in place.
And you conveniently forget the Jobs Bill all of the Republicans refused to support – except for Brown and 4 others – at least they have functioning brains.
The hypocrisy of the Republican right is stunning.
The Republican right has only ONE agenda. Smear the Democrats and the President, oppose EVERYTHING and hope people are tricked into electing them – forgetting the mess they left the country in . ..
Posted by: tierra | March 16, 2010, 4:45 pm 4:45 pm
“And you conveniently forget the Jobs Bill all of the Republicans refused to support – except for Brown and 4 others – at least they have functioning brains.”
Wasn’t the “Stimulus” package a jobs bill? You remember it – It was the one that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8%.
Crawl back to HuffPo. Your constant copy-and-paste posts do nothing but illustrate to the rest of us how much work we have to do to restore the well being of our once great country.
Posted by: tjp612 | March 16, 2010, 5:35 pm 5:35 pm
Wasn’t the “Stimulus” package a jobs bill? You remember it – It was the one that was supposed to keep unemployment below 8%.
Posted by: tjp612 | Mar 16, 2010 5:35:12 PM
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Again, this phony 8% figure. Read the Romer/Bernstein report and learn something.
And again you conveniently ignore the Jobs Bill all of the Republicans refused to support – except for Brown and 4 others – at least they have functioning brains. You remember – the one that would give tax breaks to businesses?
The hypocrisy of the Republican right is stunning.
The Republican right has only ONE agenda. Smear the Democrats and the President, oppose EVERYTHING and hope people are tricked into electing them – forgetting the mess they left the country in
Posted by: tierra | March 16, 2010, 5:43 pm 5:43 pm
Dearest tierra, from my vantage point as an independent, it looks like the Republicans at least have a chance of “getting it”. That is understanding that we have veered far off from the principals and values which made this country strong and successful, which made the USA the envy of the entire planet.
If there are Democrats who “get it” I’ll vote for them but right now the vast majority of them are acting like Sheeple™.
I, for one will be looking forward to the elections this fall.
If the Democrats don’t behave themselves in the next few weeks, if they are unable to hold to principal then I would consider voting strictly Republican no matter what.
I have never done that before.
I don’t know what will happen with the lousy current Health Care Reform Bill.
I do pray it will not pass, that the legislators take their break and then return to forge a bill that will actually deal with controlling Health Costs.
Please God, let that happen.
Amen.
Posted by: Noz | March 16, 2010, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm
Dearest tierra, from my vantage point as an independent
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According to the most recent Ipsos/McClatchy poll 43% of independents support the current health care reforms; 41% don’t.
62% of Democrats support the reforms, 24% don’t.
The only majority against the reforms is the Republican.
Posted by: tierra | March 16, 2010, 5:59 pm 5:59 pm
“Again, this phony 8% figure. Read the Romer/Bernstein report and learn something.”
Please, Professor, educate us. Romer made this claim, prove me wrong.
Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
Posted by: tjp612 | March 16, 2010, 6:40 pm 6:40 pm
A new Rasmussen Reports (3/15/10)national telephone survey finds that 43% favor the health care plan proposed by President Obama and congressional Democrats, while 53% oppose it. Those findings include 23% who Strongly Favor the plan and 46% who Strongly Oppose it.
ONLY DEMOCRATS SUPPORT THIS BILL (75%), while Republicans (84%) and independents (58%) oppose it. Majorities of both genders oppose it (55% men, 51% women), with half of all men and 42% of all women strongly opposing it.
Posted by: tjp612 | March 16, 2010, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm
“A new Rasmussen Reports”
Rasmussen oversamples and overweighs Republicans.
Especially in his non election polls that will be breathlessly reported on FoxNews and Drudge.
He has cited research papers using bogus numbers to out and is desperate to prove he is not a GOP propaganda org.
He lies in his bio claiming he hasn’t worked for any campaign or party when FEC records show him making a nice sum from the Bush 2004 campaign.
In short he’s just another dishonest right winger looking to sell something to the gullible base.
Posted by: Ryan C | March 16, 2010, 7:29 pm 7:29 pm
“Romer made this claim, prove me wrong.”
Ummm you’re the one who made the claim.
You should have to prove it.
And in advance, try using the actual committee transcripts versus what the right wing media tells you they say.
Posted by: Ryan C | March 16, 2010, 7:52 pm 7:52 pm
Who’s this Rasputin guy,, anywayz??
Posted by: DontGet818onMeNow | March 16, 2010, 8:03 pm 8:03 pm
So if the HC passes almost 50% of the doctors say they will give up their practices — That’s from NE Journal of Medicine.
So…. here comes rationing…..
Posted by: susie | March 16, 2010, 9:26 pm 9:26 pm
So if the HC passes almost 50% of the doctors say they will give up their practices — That’s from NE Journal of Medicine.
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Hogwash – the doctors DID NOT say ‘they will give up their practises’.
46% of those surveyed said they felt the passing of health care reform might force them out of medicine or make them want to leave medicine.
The same survey found 36% of physicians would not recommend medicine as a career, regardless of health care reform.
12% of physicians said they would not recommend medicine as a career now but feel that they would recommend it as a career if health reform passes.
Posted by: tierra | March 16, 2010, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm
That’s from NE Journal of Medicine.
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The survey is not from the NE Journal of Medicine – it’s actually from “the Medicus Firm” – a private recruitment corporation, and appears in NE Journal only in their Careers section, not in their research section.
Posted by: tierra | March 17, 2010, 1:41 am 1:41 am
No, the 50 percent of the Doctors said.. If HCR passes, I will give up my V12 S Series.
Posted by: DontGet818OnMeNow | March 17, 2010, 7:44 am 7:44 am
My reference is for the NE Association of Benz Dealers.
Posted by: DontGet818OnMeNow | March 17, 2010, 8:14 am 8:14 am
Here’s a beauty for you:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that the public health insurance option will not be included in a package of fixes to healthcare reform legislation.
the Hill, 3/12/10
What does the bill say?
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•J. 55–345
1 Subtitle B—Public Health
2 Insurance Option
3 SEC. 221. ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF A
4 PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE OPTION AS AN
5 EXCHANGE-QUALIFIED HEALTH BENEFITS
6 PLAN.
Democrats are liars. They are cretinous, execrable liars.
Posted by: drjohn | March 17, 2010, 10:07 am 10:07 am
“House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Friday that the public health insurance option will not be included in a package of fixes to healthcare reform legislation.”
Yup and thanks to pressure from liberal Congressmen and women, the public option was included by the House Budget committee in the reconciliation bill that was voted on Monday.
Also 40 Senators have signed a letter signaling support for the public option with Sen Sanders promising that he will add a public option amendment.
So Sen Nelson can go jump in the lake.
Posted by: Ryan C | March 17, 2010, 6:57 pm 6:57 pm
Fisrt we need to know what is Q and O…..then i can say anything
Posted by: Ilan Ben Menachem | March 18, 2010, 4:33 am 4:33 am