Obama’s Riveting Meeting With House Republicans (FULL VIDEO)
A lot of people have been screaming for transparency on a number of issues of late and today both the GOP and President Obama complied…did they ever (UPDATE: Apparently it was televised at Obama’s insistence). The President met with Congressional Republicans at their retreat in Baltimore to lead what the New York Times described as “a rare, sustained and unscripted exchange over the best way to address the nation’s ills.” Without question it makes for riveting watching. So much so a slew of people on Twitter called for it to be a regular feature (just as many were asking where they could watch a rerun…answer: below!)
Mark Knoller said he thought it was “a first for a sitting President to take questions, on live TV, from members of Congress of the opposing party” before noting that “on Oct 17, 1974, Pres. Gerald Ford appeared before Congress to answer questions about the Nixon pardon.” Not quite the same thing this time around.
The hour-long back and forth also drew plenty of (mostly admirable) comparisons to the British (and Canadian!) Parliamentary question period. Though apparently there was some quiet mumbling that it maybe the decision to broadcast the exchange was not in the GOP’s best interests. Though, John Boehner seemed in fairly high spirits afterwards. Either way, it was one of those rare occasions where for a full 66 minutes C-SPAN was providing the must-see TV of the day
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