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Nothing motivates like a 36 percent approval rating in the polls. That appears to explain the president’s expansive mood of late. You saw it in the press briefing today at the White House. Billed as a statement about the economy (it surged forward in the first quarter), it became a 35-minute press conference. The president was so eager to take questions (on everything from gas prices to Iran to voting rights) he called on one reporter twice! Not me. No, I received special treatment from the ebullient leader: when pressed on what his staff turnover said about what HE thinks he needs to do to turn his presidency around, he joked “I’m not going to hire you, if that’s what you were suggesting.” I was not. But he continued, “You can’t pass the background check.”
But seriously folks... today represented a new turn for the president, I think. New Chief of Staff Josh Bolten has ushered in an urgent charm offensive. The idea is to engage the press corps more often and more assertively. But it’s not all style. Stay tuned for more turnover in the next couple of weeks and new policy direction, too. The president’s proposals on lowering gas prices this week marked a new embrace of government intervention and environmental activism by this administration. Bush hasn’t exactly gone green, but it’s something.
This White House team may become more organized and assertive, but the president is still looking for the one thing that eludes him: a break.
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You mean we get to hear a charming liar? What is the point of listening to a pathological liar? President or not. Still a liar!
(Sent Apr 28, 2006 5:48:36 PM)
#1-I think GE should sell NBC and let another LIBERAL news network spew your garbage, which is written by your Democratic cry babies who lost the Election to our President.
#2- The money being paid to David G.,Al Roker,Katey C, Matt L,and Brian Williams could put GE in a profit situation rather than a loss, as was reported by GE.
#3-The katrina reporting is getting boring..What is NBC trying to prove?
#4-The number of NBC news people sent to the Olympics was not necesary because the experts were there and telling the news could be done in New York.
#5-How many are going on a vacation in China????
(Sent Apr 28, 2006 5:36:55 PM)
Drunk again
Richard Forrester, Columbia City, Indiana (Sent Apr 28, 2006 5:35:24 PM)
David, does the president really think that Americans will now forget all that has happened and suddenly support him, blunders and all? It has taken this long to start to make changes. I do not believe a word and regardless of the spin Mr. Bolten tries to put on all of this. I will not believe the sudden change of heart and affability the president has is real. Too little too late.
Darcy Searle, Durham, CT (Sent Apr 28, 2006 5:33:26 PM)
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