Round 2

The last post I put up finished with the idea that President Obama needed to pivot and talk to the people of America regarding his battles to pass a stimulus package. He scheduled interviews on all major networks and Fox News. Either through bad timing (or good) the Daschle withdrawal occurred just prior to these interviews. The bad side of the coin is that the original purpose of the interview was to speak to the people about the need to pass a stimulus package. The possible good side of the coin, which may not have been totally coincidental is he was able to turn the page on the negative news cycle.

With the CPO's tax issue coming to light that day, Daschle's withdrawal all happening before the interviews President Obama was able to face the questions straight forward and take responsibility and then pivot to speaking about the stimulus package. Knowing the way news cycles work those interviews cleared the air on the issue and opened up a new round of talking. Your going to see the media starting to focus on President Obama fighting back on his package. 1) This is true 2) it makes for a good story. The news media like to balance, whether it is accurate or not. The past week or so the Media has been covering the Republicans beating up on the package. You now will see the media tell us the story of how the President it fighting back.

Now just because the media is talking about it does not mean it is NOT true. President Obama is out today with a editorial in the Washington Post which is linked below. Organizing for America is hosting hundreds if not thousands of House Parties this weekend to discuss and build support for the package. You will also see a number of Democratic Senators out discussing the need for the package, albeit tweaked from the original House version .


President Barack Obama speaks to the people

"So we have a choice to make. We can once again let Washington's bad habits stand in the way of progress. Or we can pull together and say that in America, our destiny isn't written for us but by us. We can place good ideas ahead of old ideological battles, and a sense of purpose above the same narrow partisanship. We can act boldly to turn crisis into opportunity and, together, write the next great chapter in our history and meet the test of our time. "