Breaking: President Obama to Address Joint Session of Congress on September 9th

[flpoljunkie]

http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2009/09/obama-to-joint-session-of-congress-sept-9.html

President Obama will address a joint session of Congress on Sept 9.

This comes as the White House has been signaling publicly that they are ready to take charge of the health care debate.

- George Stephanopoulos

[Laelth]

1. Time to back HR 676! Yes!

Hey, I can hope, can't I? :shrug:

:dem:

-Laelth

[Froward69]

9. Way cool link to HR 676

http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h676/show

vote support for it even... located in the right column...



Without action, Hope remains a dream.

[Pirate Smile]

2. MSNBC reporting it as well.

[jenmito]

3. GREAT move compared to an Oval Office address because this way people will see the Repubs.'

reaction to each point he makes. If they boo everything, they'll be seen as obstructionists and if they DON'T boo (or if they somehow applaud), they won't be able to rail against it later.

[Drunken Irishman]

4. They won't boo...

I don't ever recall congress booing the president. They might grumble, but they won't boo.

The most likely response is silence. They'll sit on their hands.

[BonnieJW]

8. Nope, they'll twitter. Remember Grassley and Boner?

[jenmito]

10. True. I guess I was thinking of the town hall crowds...

If they sit on their hands, they'll look like they don't want to help the people.

[Clio the Leo]

14. just what I was saying earlier.........

...... watching how the various members react will be half the fun. Never was a standing ovation more important to somone's career.

[quiet.american]

5. Excellent. nt

[wyldwolf]

6. I hope it's the speech of his life!

[FrenchieCat]

7. Each upcoming speech is the speech of his life.....to date.

Now watch everyone demand that this speech be required to do everything!

and it will....and so then, it will be something else that will be demanded,
and round and round we go, and it will not ever end; that, everyone knows.

[flpoljunkie]

11. Yes, and it will be the day after Congress gets back from their August recess.

Something exciting for the talking heads to focus on--rather than the latest town hall disruptions by the deluded right wingers.

[Drunken Irishman]

12. Or his sinking approval ratings.

You know, the ones that dipped by only 2-points over the course of a month. :eyes:

[bushisanidiot]

13. Yay! That's my birthday. Hope it's gonna be a good address.

:)

[Clio the Leo]

15. awww! Lucky you! NT

[Better Believe It]

17. It must be a great inspiring and passionate address. Good won't be good enough.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. I suspect he is already aware of this!

And I'm sure it will be...

He knows it's do or die time.

[Better Believe It]

16. Make it simple, make it clear, make it short and drop the professor giving a lecture routine.

Go after the insurance industry and drug cartel and focus on the need for public insurance available to everyone in order to challenge the anti-health care policies of the health care industry and Wall Street profiteers.