{"id":6056,"date":"2011-10-07T00:03:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T07:03:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2011-10-07T00:03:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T07:03:52","slug":"obama-assertive-at-news-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/07\/obama-assertive-at-news-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama assertive at news conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because I was working at the time, I did not witch this in its entirety, but I caught the overall drift.  I did not agree with everything he said, but I liked how he said it.  I did not like the disrespect some reporters showed him, trying to catch him with gotcha<\/em> questions, which he fielded as though they were serious and answered well.  He kept Republicans on Front Street over their refusal to address the jobs issue by debating the AJA.  I have a short description and video of the entire conference in six segments.<\/font><\/p>\n

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He deployed hand chops, finger wags, furrowed brows. He was sarcastic, demanding, partisan.<\/p>\n

"I’m not going to cave to the competition," President Barack Obama declared midway through Thursday’s news conference.<\/p>\n

He was talking about America’s economic rivals abroad. But he could just as well have been referring to his Republican antagonists at home.<\/p>\n

Obama, so often partial to a measured, professorial mien, opened his hour-plus news conference by throwing down a marker to the Republicans who have dared to dis his jobs plan.<\/p>\n

"Why would you be opposed?" he demanded of those who are against his jobs proposal.<\/p>\n

"Any senator out there who’s thinking about voting against this jobs bill when it comes up for a vote needs to explain exactly why<\/strong>."\u2026 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Here\u2019s the video:<\/font><\/p>\n

Part 1<\/font><\/p>\n