Obama will have televised Q&A session with Senate Democrats

[BurtWorm]

From HuffPo. Will he tell them again not to head for the hills?


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/02/obama-will-do-another-qa_n_446427.html

Less than a week after his electrifying parley with House Republicans, President Obama will be doing another televised question-and-answer session tomorrow morning -- this one with the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Staffers from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's office and White House aides tell the Huffington Post that the president will meet with the caucus at the Newseum, where the senators will be assembled for an issues conference to discuss policy, strategy and message for the coming year.

White House advisers were thrilled with Obama's defiant, substantive and engaging dialogue at a House Republican retreat last Friday; tough and sometimes misleading questions seemed to bring the best out in him.

Reid's office tells the Huffington Post that camera crews will record Obama's remarks tomorrow -- and will be allowed to continue rolling once the questions start coming.

Despite the growing amount of frustration with Obama from the progressive wing of the Democratic Party, the questions at the Newseum are unlikely to be anywhere near as confrontational as those from the Republicans,

[Ernesto]

1. Will FAUX news be there? nt

[gcomeau]

2. Great... ***IF***

...idiot campaign advisors don't turn the entire damn event into a big scripted campaign event now that they think everyone will be paying attention.

1. Toss President happy slogan softball question, designed to provoke a response you can put in your next campaign commercial showing how awesome Obama thinks you are.
   
   
2. Wait for happy canned response.
   
   
3. NEXT!

Have a REAL damn internal policy debate that the general public can actually see for once. Show people they can take you seriously.

[Berry Cool]

3. Yeah!

I say "Woo hoo! An opportunity to confront the Blue Dogs and the fraidy cats! More must-see TV for me!"